con·di·tion (k n-d sh n)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. 2. a. A state of health. b. A state of readiness or physical fitness. 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 a. A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event. b. 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 conditi , conditin-, alteration of Latin condici, from cond cere, to agree : com-, com- + dcere, to talk; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] |
condition Noun 1. a particular state of being: the human condition, the van is in very poor condition 2. conditions circumstances: worsening weather conditions, the government pledged to improve living and working conditions 3. a necessary requirement for something else to happen: food is a necessary condition for survival 4. a restriction or a qualification 5. a term of an agreement: the conditions of the lease are set out 6. state of physical fitness, esp. good health: she is in a serious condition in hospital, out of condition 7. an ailment: a heart condition 8. on condition that provided that Verb 1. to accustom or alter the reaction of (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus or situation 2. to treat with a conditioner 3. to make fit or healthy 4. to influence or determine the form that something takes: he argued that the failure of Latin American industry was conditioned by international economic structures [Latin con- together + dicere to say] conditioning nadj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  condition - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"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) prepossession - the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable" 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" 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" 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" encapsulation - the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths" 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" 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" | | 2. | condition - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something elseassumption, 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 provision, proviso - a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" | | 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" ordinary - the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary" 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" diploidy - the condition of being diploid haploidy - the condition of being haploid 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') | | 6. | condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" | | 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"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 conditionprocedure, process - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" | | Verb | 1. | condition - establish a conditioned responseinstruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" | | 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 groom, train, prepare - educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" | | 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"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" |
condition noun 3. requirement, terms, rider, provision, restriction, qualification, limitation, modification, requisite, prerequisite, proviso, stipulation, rule, demand
Those variables of an operational environment or situation in which a unit, system, or individual is expected to operate and may affect performance. See also joint mission-essential tasks; standard.
 Translations condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condición f [ of health] → estado (= disease); enfermedad fweather conditions → condiciones atmosféricas; in good/poor condition → en buenas/malas condiciones, en buen/mal estado; conditions of sale → condiciones de venta
 condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condition f (= disease); maladie fweather conditions → conditions fpl météorologiques;
 condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → Zustand m; vt → konditionieren; conditions npl (circumstances) → Verhältnisse pl; in good/poor condition ( person) → in guter/schlechter Verfassung; ( thing) → in gutem/schlechtem Zustand; a heart condition → ein Herzleiden nt;
 condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condizione f (= disease); malattiain good/poor condition → in buone/cattive condizioni; weather conditions → condizioni meteorologiche;
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