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
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.
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| 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) 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" |
| 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) |
condition
noun 2. situation, state, position, status, circumstances, plight, status quo (Latin) case, predicament
noun 3. requirement, terms, rider, provision, restriction, qualification, limitation, modification, requisite, prerequisite, proviso, stipulation, rule, demand
Translations
condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condición f [of health] → estado (= disease); enfermedad f
vt → condicionar;
weather conditions → condiciones atmosféricas;
conditions of sale → condiciones de venta
condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condition f (= disease); maladie f
vt → déterminer, conditionner;
weather conditions → conditions fpl météorologiques;
condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → Zustand m;
(requirement) → Bedingung f;
(illness) → Leiden nt
vt → konditionieren;
(hair) → in Form bringen;
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;
weather conditions → die Wetterlage;
condition [kənˈdɪʃən] n → condizione f (= disease); malattia
vt → condizionare, regolare;
in good/poor condition → in buone/cattive condizioni;
weather conditions → condizioni meteorologiche;
on condition that → a condizione che + sub; a condizione di
n condition [kənˈdiʃən]
1 state or circumstances in which a person or thing is The house is not in good condition; He is in no condition to leave hospital; under ideal conditions; living conditions; variable conditions. toestand, staat, gesteldheid حالَه състояние stav; podmínka, okolnost stand; forfatning; forhold der Zustand κατάσταση condición, estado olukord, olud شرایط kunto, olosuhteet condition מַצָב हालत, दशा stanje, položaj állapot keadaan aðstæður condizione 状態 상태 būklė, padėtis, sąlygos stāvoklis; apstākļi keadaan staat; toestand, situatie, conditie forfatning, tilstand, forhold stan condiţie состояние;условия stav, okolnosti stanje; razmere stanje skick, omständigheter, villkor สภาพ durum, vaziyet, hâl 條件，狀態 стан, становище حالت điều kiện 条件，状态
2 something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement. voorwaarde, stipulasie; kondisie شرْط условие podmínka betingelse die Bedingung όρος condición tingimus شرط ehto condition תְנַאי शर्त uvjet feltétel syarat skilyrði condizione 条件 (필요) 조건 sąlyga, išlyga nosacījums; noteikums syarat voorwaarde betingelse, vilkår warunek condiţie условие podmienka pogoj uslov förutsättning, villkor เงื่อนไข koşul, şart 先決條件 обставини; умови شرط ، تقاضا điều kiện 先决条件
v
1 to affect or control behaviour conditioned by circumstances. bepaal, voorwaardes maak; beding يُحَدِّد ، يتحكّم ب определям podmínit, určovat påvirke; styre bedingen επηρεάζω, ελέγχω condicionar tingima تحت تأثیر قرار دادن؛ کنترل کردن vaikuttaa, säädellä conditionner לְהַשׂפִיע प्रभावित करना odrediti, ztjevati, uvjetovati megszab mempengaruhi vera háður, ráðast af condizionare 条件づける 제약[]하다 sąlygoti, nulemti nosacīt; izvirzīt noteikumus keadaan bepalen tilpasse, bestemme, betinge warunkować condicionar a condiţiona обусловливать podmieniť pogojevati usloviti betingad, beroende กำหนด koşullandırmak, şartlandırmak 制約 зумовлювати اثر ڈالنا quy định 制约
2 to put into the required state The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match. toestand, staat, gesteldheid, kondisie يُكَيِّفُ نَفْسَهُ тренирам dostat se (do dobré kondice), upravit komme i form gestalten προετοιμάζω, προετοιμάζομαι acondicionar vormi viima به شرایط دلخواه رساندن ilmastoitu, kuntoinen mis en état לְהַרגִיל किसी वांछित स्थिति में डालना dovesti u dobro stanje, uvjetovati formába hoz/jön, kondicionál mengatur, menyesuaikan diri (að)laga; koma í gott ástand mettere in buone condizioni fisiche 調整する 알맞은 상태로 하다 palaikyti gerą būklę/formą uzlabot (fizisko sagatavotību); []trenēties membiasakan conditioneren komme i form, forbedre seg doprowadzać do określonego stanu condicionar a recondiţiona восстанавливать форму pripraviť sa usposobiti istrenirati komma [] i god kondition ปรับตัว forma sokmak 使處于正常（或良好）狀態 поліпшити стан مطلوبہ حالت میں لانا huấn luyện 使处于正常（或良好）状态
adj conˈditional
depending on certain conditions This offer of a university place is conditional on your being able to pass your final school exams; a conditional offer. voorwaardelik, kondisioneel مَشْروط условен podmíněný betinget abhängig που γίνεται με προϋποθέσεις condicional (millestki) sõltuv مشروط jostakin riippuva conditionnel מוּתנֶה शर्त के साथ uvjetovan, ovisan feltételes bersyarat skilyrtur condizionato 条件づきの 조건부의 sąlygotas, sąlyginis, lygtinis nosacījuma- bersyarat voorwaardelijk betinget zależny, warunkowy condicional condiţionat (de) обусловленный podmienený odvisen; pogojen uslovljen gällande med vissa förutsättningar, villkorlig ที่เป็นเงื่อนไข koşullu, şartlı 附條件的 умовний مشروط thuộc điều kiện 附条件的
adv conˈditionally
voorwaardelik بِصورَةٍ مَشْروطَه условно podmíněně betinget; på vilkår bedingungsweise υπό όρους condicionalmente tingimuslikult بطور مشروط ehdollisesti conditionnellement עַל תְנָאי शर्त पर uvjetovan, ovisan feltételesen secara bersyarat með skilyrðum condizionatamente 条件つきで 조건부로 sąlyginai, lygtinai nosacījuma- secara bersyarat voorwaardelijk betinget, på vilkår warunkowo sob condição condiţionat условно podmienečne pogojno uslovljeno villkorligt อย่างมีเงื่อนไข koşullu/şartlı olarak 附條件地 умовно مشروط طور پر có điều kiện 附条件地
n conˈditioner
something which helps in conditioning hair-conditioner. opknapper مُكيِّف балсам upravovač, kondicionér hårbalsam; skyllemiddel der Gestalter ρυθμιστής acondicionador, suavizante loputusvahend مادۀ آراینده hoitoaine lotion capillaire קוֹנדִישֶנֶר कंडिशनर sredstvo za njegu hajkondicionáló pengatur hárnæring balsamo 整髪剤 첨가제, 약제 kondicionierius kondicionētājs perapi conditioner (hår)balsam urządzenie klimatyzacyjne, środek odżywczy itp. condicionador balsam (pentru păr) восстановитель kondicionér utrjevalec balzam za kosu []konditioneringsapparat เครื่องปรับ yumuşatıcı 調節器 кондиціонер حلت تبدیل کرنے والا dầu dưỡng tóc 调节器
on condition that
if, and only if (something is done) You will be paid tomorrow on condition that the work is finished. mits, op voorwaarde dat بِشَرْط أن при условие, че pod podmínkou, že på betingelse af unter der Bedingung,daß υπό τον όρο ότι a condición de que tingimusel, et مشروط بر اینکه sillä ehdolla että à condition que בִּתנָאי שֶׁ- बशर्ते određivati, postaviti uvjet azzal a feltétellel, hogy dengan syarat með því skilyrði a condizione che ～という条件で 조건부로 su sąlyga, kad ar noteikumu dengan syarat op voorwaarde dat på betingelse av pod warunkiem, że na condição de cu condiţia (ca) при условии, что pod podmienkou, že pod pogojem, da pod uslovom da under förutsättning att ถ้า eğer, şayet, koşulu/şartı ile 如果... за умови, що بشرطیکہ với điều kiện là 如果...
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