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con⋅di⋅tion

  [kuhn-dish-uhn]
Use condition 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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Condition

Con*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]

1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. --Shak.

And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? --Cowley.

The new conditions of life. --Darwin.

2. Essential quality; property; attribute.

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. --Bacon.

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. --Shak.

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. --Shak.

Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. --Jer. Taylor.

5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. --Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.

Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation.

On or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. "Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." --Shak.

Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.

Condition

Con*di"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.]

1. To make terms; to stipulate.

Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. --Beau. & Fl.

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

To think of a thing is to condition. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Condition

Con*di"tion\, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.]

1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. --Tennyson.

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (U. S. Colleges) 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; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). --McElrath.
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Language Translation for : condition
Spanish: condición, estadocondición, estado,
German: der Zustand,
Japanese: 状態
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condition 
c.1315, from O.Fr. condition, from L. condicionem (nom. condicio) "agreement, situation," from condicere "to speak with, talk together," from com- "together" + dicere "to speak" (see diction). Evolution of meaning through "stipulation, condition," to "situation, mode of being." The verb meaning "to bring to a desired condition" is from 1850.
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Main Entry: 1con·di·tion
Function: noun
1 : an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract; also : a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and its effect
concurrent condition
: a condition that is to be fulfilled by one party at the same time that a mutual condition is to be fulfilled by another party
condition implied in law
: CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITION in this entry
condition precedent
/-pri-'sEd-&nt, -'pre-s&-d&nt/
: a condition that must be fulfilled before performance under a contract can become due, an estate can vest, or a right can become effective
condition subsequent
: a condition whose fulfillment defeats or modifies an estate or right already in effect or vested or discharges an already existing duty under a contract
constructive condition
: a condition created by operation of law called also condition implied in law —compare EXPRESS CONDITION in this entry
express condition
: a condition created and explicitly stated by the parties to a contract —compare CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITION in this entry
potestative condition
/'pO-tes-"tA-tiv/
in the civil law of louisiana : a condition whose fulfillment was completely within the power of the obligated party
NOTE: article 1770 of the louisiana civil code eliminates the term potestative condition, stating that suspensive conditions which depend on the whim of the obligated party make the obligation null, and that resolutory conditions which depend on the will of the obligated party must be fulfilled in good faith.
resolutory condition
/"re-z&-'lü-t&-rE-, ri-'zäl-yu-"tOr-E-/
in the civil law of louisiana : a condition that upon fulfillment terminates an already enforceable obligation and entitles the parties to be restored to their original positions —see also POTESTATIVE CONDITION in this entry
suspensive condition
in the civil law of louisiana : a condition which must be fulfilled before an obligation is enforceable —see also POTESTATIVE CONDITION in this entry
2 : a state of being condition>
3 : one of the rights or obligations of the policyholder or the insurer set forth in an insurance policy —conditional adjective —conditionally adverb

Main Entry: 2condition
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: conditioned; conditioning
: to make subject to conditions conditioned upon approval of the patent —j. d. calamari and j. m. perillo>
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Main Entry: 1con·di·tion
Pronunciation: k&n-'dish-&n
Function: noun
1 : something essential to the appearance oroccurrence of something else; especially : an environmental requirement condition for animal life>
2 a : a usuallydefective state of health condition> b : a state of physical fitness condition>

Main Entry: 2condition
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: con·di·tioned; con·di·tion·ing /-'dish-(&-)ni[ng]/
: to cause to undergo a change so that an act or response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another —con·di·tion·able /-(&-)n&-b&l/ adjective
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condition con·di·tion (kən-dĭsh'ən)
n.

  1. A disease or physical ailment.
  2. A state of health or physical fitness.
v. con·di·tioned, con·di·tion·ing, con·di·tions
To cause an organism to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.

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condition

see in condition; mint condition; on condition that; out of condition.

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