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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.
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
(conjunction) 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 51Թ Forms
- conditionable adjective
- uncondition verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of condition1
51Թ 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.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In March, the High Court found the previous Conservative government's use of Wethersfield to house asylum seekers was unlawful, after three men argued they were living in "prison-like" conditions.
The ambulance crew didn’t recognize him, and the run sheet — the document paramedics use to record patients’ condition and care — had no revelatory details.
There’s no point in denying, however, that according to his own dark theory of geopolitical reality, Netanyahu has created the conditions for decisive victory.
They already agreed in December 2022 to cap the price of Russian crude oil at $60 a barrel, making that a condition of access to western ports and shipping insurance and port.
The numbers at Saturday's event was well below that, partly due to wet conditions and the forecast of heavy rain.
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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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