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Conditions - 2 dictionary results

con⋅di⋅tion

  [kuhn-dish-uhn]
Use Conditions in a Sentence
–noun
1. a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
2. state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.
3. fit or requisite state: to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.
4. social position: in a lowly condition.
5. a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
6. a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
7. Usually, conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
8. something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
9. Law.
a. a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
b. the event upon which this stipulation depends.
10. Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.
11. U.S. Education.
a. 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.
b. the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
12. Grammar. protasis.
13. Logic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
–verb (used with object)
14. to put in a fit or proper state.
15. to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
16. to air-condition.
17. to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
18. to subject to particular conditions or circumstances: Her studies conditioned her for her job.
19. U.S. Education. to impose a condition on (a student).
20. to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
21. to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
22. Psychology. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
23. Textiles.
a. to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
b. to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
–verb (used without object)
24. to make conditions.
—Idiom
25. on or 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.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME condicioun < AF; OF < L condiciōn- (s. of condiciō) agreement, equiv. to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate ) + -iōn- -ion; sp. with t by influence of LL or ML forms; cf. F condition

Related forms:
con⋅di⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See state. 8. requirement, proviso.
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con·di·tion   (kən-dĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. A mode or state of being: "The Organization Man survives as a modern classic because it captures a permanent part of our social condition" (Robert J. Samuelson). See Synonyms at state.
    1. A state of health.
    2. A state of readiness or physical fitness.
    3. A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.
    4. The event itself.
  3. A disease or physical ailment: a heart condition.
  4. Social position; rank.
  5. One that is indispensable to the appearance or occurrence of another; prerequisite: Compatibility is a condition of a successful marriage.
  6. One that restricts or modifies another; a qualification.
  7. conditions Existing circumstances: Conditions in the office made concentration impossible.
  8. Grammar The dependent clause of a conditional sentence; protasis.
  9. Logic A proposition on which another proposition depends; the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
  10. Law
    1. A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.
    2. The event itself.
  11. An unsatisfactory grade given to a student, serving notice that deficiencies can be made up by the completion of additional work.
  12. Obsolete Disposition; temperament.
tr.v.   con·di·tioned, con·di·tion·ing, con·di·tions
  1. To make dependent on a condition or conditions.
  2. To stipulate as a condition.
  3. To render fit for work or use.
  4. To accustom (oneself or another) to; adapt: had to condition herself to long hours of hard work; conditioned the troops to marches at high altitudes.
  5. To air-condition.
  6. To give the unsatisfactory grade of condition to.
  7. Psychology To cause an organism to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.
  8. To replace moisture or oils in (hair, for example) by use of a therapeutic product.

[Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Late Latin conditiō, conditiōn-, alteration of Latin condiciō, from condīcere, to agree : com-, com- + dīcere, to talk; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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