condition

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A state or quality.

   • National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
   • The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
2. 2

   A requirement.

   • Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
   • What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
   • The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.
3. 3

   A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be…

   A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

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   1. 4

      A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the…

      A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

   2. 5

      To subject to the process of acclimation.

      • I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
      • Heat pumps condition the air on the first floor.
   3. 6

      To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

      • They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
   4. 7

      To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled

      To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.

   5. 8

      To place conditions or limitations upon.

      • Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year.
   6. 9

      To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

      • The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
   7. 10

      To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.

   8. 11

      To contract

      To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

      • [P]ay me back my credit, / And I'll condition wi'ye.
   9. 12

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

      • divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed
   10. 13

       To put under conditions

       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.

       • to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
   11. 14

       To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and…

       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.

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