Sekirov Dictionary

condition

/kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

noun 8
verb 10
forms 4
phrases 1

noun8

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the state of something at a particular time, such as how new, clean or damaged it is
- National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
- The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
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A particular state of being.
- Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
- Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
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The health status of a medical patient.
- My aunt couldn’t walk up the stairs in her condition.
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A requirement or prerequisite.
- Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
- What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
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The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
- A man of his condition has no place to make requests.

verb10

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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.
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To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
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To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
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To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister's entreaties, and consented to go out […] She expressly conditioned, however, for paying no visits […] — 1811
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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. — 1842
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(US) 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
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To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- [P]ay me back my credit, / And I'll condition wi'ye. — 1633
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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. — 1882
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To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed — 1868

forms

conditioned · conditioning · conditioneth · conditions

Phrases with condition

mint condition
The condition of newness or perfection, as if just freshly minted.

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