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condition
[ kuhn-dish-uhn ]
noun
- a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
- state of health:
He was reported to be in critical condition.
- fit or requisite state:
to be out of condition;
to be in no condition to run.
- social position:
in a lowly condition.
- a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance:
It can happen only under certain conditions.
- a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent:
conditions of acceptance.
- Usually conditions. existing circumstances:
poor living conditions.
- something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation:
He accepted on one condition.
Synonyms: ,
- Law.
- a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
- the event upon which this stipulation depends.
- Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body:
heart condition;
skin condition.
- U.S. Education.
- a requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.
- the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
- Grammar. protasis ( def 1 ).
- Logic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
verb (used with object)
- to put in a fit or proper state.
- to accustom or inure:
to condition oneself to the cold.
- to air-condition.
- to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
- to subject to particular conditions or circumstances:
Her studies conditioned her for her job.
- U.S. Education. to impose a condition on (a student).
- to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
- to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
- Psychology. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
- Textiles.
- to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
- to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
verb (used without object)
- to make conditions.
condition
/ əˈɪʃə /
noun
- a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstances
the human condition
- something that limits or restricts something else; a qualification
you may enter only under certain conditions
- plural external or existing circumstances
conditions were right for a takeover
- state of health or physical fitness, esp good health (esp in the phrases in condition, out of condition )
- an ailment or physical disability
a heart condition
- something indispensable to the existence of something else
your happiness is a condition of mine
- something required as part of an agreement or pact; terms
the conditions of the lease are set out
- law
- a declaration or provision in a will, contract, etc, that makes some right or liability contingent upon the happening of some event
- the event itself
- logic a statement whose truth is either required for the truth of a given statement (a necessary condition ) or sufficient to guarantee the truth of the given statement (a sufficient condition ) See sufficient necessary
- maths logic a presupposition, esp a restriction on the domain of quantification, indispensable to the proof of a theorem and stated as part of it
- statistics short for experimental condition
- rank, status, or position in life
- on condition that or upon condition thatconjunction provided that
verb
- psychol
- to alter the response of (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus or situation
- to establish a conditioned response in (a person or animal)
- to put into a fit condition or state
- to improve the condition of (one's hair) by use of special cosmetics
- to accustom or inure
- to subject to a condition
- archaic.intr to make conditions
Other Word Forms
- Dz·徱·پDz·· adjective
- ܲ·Dz·徱·پDz verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of condition1
Word History and Origins
Origin of condition1
Idioms and Phrases
- on / upon condition that, with the promise or provision that; provided that; if:
She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.
More idioms and phrases containing condition
see in condition ; mint condition ; on condition that ; out of condition .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
USC strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie is set to turn around USC’s culture which lacks toughness through his life lessons and football journey.
All tests for infection came back negative and it was assumed she had an autoimmune condition.
Pinfield shared more about his condition and expressed gratitude for his supporters in another, lengthier tweet on Monday.
He told the jury that during the case they would hear evidence from psychiatrists about the defendant's mental condition at the time, and the "potential impact on his state of mind and actions".
We are engaged in discussions, through the Scottish Funding Council, as we look to secure that support over the next two years, including any related conditions and assurances.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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