Noun | 1. | ![]() state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" diversity - the condition or result of being changeable anchorage - the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family" health - the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health" mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" ecological niche, niche - (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) noise conditions - the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel) participation, involvement - the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) prepossession - the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable" regularisation, regularization - the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) saturation - a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence silence - the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence" situation, position - a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" ski conditions - the amount and state of snow for skiing nomination - the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested" standardisation, standardization - the condition in which a standard has been successfully established; "standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars" stigmatism - (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point astigmatism, astigmia - (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point way - the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" circumstance - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity homelessness - the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) reinstatement - the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly" place - proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" celibacy - an unmarried status virginity - the condition or quality of being a virgin innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" sinlessness, whiteness, innocence, pureness, purity - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense encapsulation - the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths" polarisation, polarization - the condition of having or giving polarity physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions hyalinisation, hyalinization - the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline; "the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization" protuberance - the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly" curvature - (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine" mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" melioration, improvement - a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" declination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state ennoblement - the state of being noble ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
2. | condition - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" boundary condition - (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations | |
3. | condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" social stratification, stratification - the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group ordinary - the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary" introversion, invagination - the condition of being folded inward or sheathed roots - the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots" lysogenicity, lysogeny - the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" amphidiploidy - the condition of being amphidiploid diploidy - the condition of being diploid haploidy - the condition of being haploid heteroploidy - the condition of being heteroploid polyploidy - the condition of being polyploid mosaicism - the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup orphanage, orphanhood - the condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" stigmatism - the condition of having or being marked by stigmata transsexualism - condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex | |
4. | condition - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction justification - something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution" mitigating circumstance - (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense | |
5. | condition - the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease physical fitness, fitness - good physical condition; being in shape or in condition | |
6. | condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | |
7. | condition - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" | |
8. | condition - the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition experiment, experimentation - the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | |
Verb | 1. | condition - establish a conditioned response |
2. | condition - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" make grow, develop - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | |
3. | condition - specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" provide - determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" | |
4. | condition - put into a better state; "he conditions old cars" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" recondition - bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances" | |
5. | condition - apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it" shampoo - use shampoo on (hair) |