condition

A2
Pronunciation
/kənˈdɪʃən/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

A requirement or requisite.

Example Sentences
  • 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 Definition

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

4 Definition

The health status of a medical patient.

Example Sentences
  • My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
5 Definition

The state or quality.

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

A particular state of being.

Example Sentences
  • Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.   Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.   Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.   Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.
7 Definition

The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

Example Sentences
  • A man of his condition has no place to make request.
Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To subject to the process of acclimation.

Example Sentences
  • I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
2 Definition

To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

Example Sentences
  • They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
3 Definition

To place conditions or limitations upon.

4 Definition

To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

5 Definition

To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.

6 Definition

To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

(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.

Example Sentences
  • to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
9 Definition

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