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Condition

//kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state or quality. countable, uncountable

    "National reports on the condition of public education are dismal."

  2. 2
    the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition wordnet
  3. 3
    A state or quality.; A particular state of being. countable, uncountable

    "Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system."

  4. 4
    information that should be kept in mind when making a decision wordnet
  5. 5
    A state or quality.; The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "A man of his condition has no place to make requests."

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  1. 6
    an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else wordnet
  2. 7
    A state or quality.; The health status of a medical patient. countable, uncountable

    "My aunt couldn’t walk up the stairs in her condition."

  3. 8
    (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement wordnet
  4. 9
    A state or quality.; The health status of a medical patient.; A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing wordnet
  6. 11
    A requirement. countable, uncountable

    "Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability."

  7. 12
    a state at a particular time wordnet
  8. 13
    A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    an illness, disease, or other medical problem wordnet
  10. 15
    A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to the process of acclimation.

    "I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego."

  2. 2
    apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny wordnet
  3. 3
    To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

    "They were conditioning their shins in their karate class."

  4. 4
    put into a better state wordnet
  5. 5
    To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
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  1. 6
    specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement wordnet
  2. 7
    To place conditions or limitations upon. transitive

    "Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year."

  3. 8
    develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control wordnet
  4. 9
    To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

    "The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements."

  5. 10
    establish a conditioned response wordnet
  6. 11
    To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner. transitive

    "Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads."

  7. 12
    To contract; to stipulate; to agree. transitive

    "[P]ay me back my credit, / And I'll condition wi'ye."

  8. 13
    To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). transitive

    "divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed"

  9. 14
    To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college. US, transitive

    "to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study"

  10. 15
    To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

    ""To think is thus to condition," because it is to know this or that object, and this or that object in a particular mode or condition."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.

Etymology 2

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.

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