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Definition of 'Condition'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) condition
a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.

2.  condition
state of health:
a patient in critical condition.

3.  condition
fit or requisite state:
to be in no condition to run.

4.  condition
social position.

5.  condition
a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance:
It can happen only under certain conditions.

6.  condition
a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite:
conditions of acceptance.

7.  condition
Usu., conditions. existing circumstances:
poor living conditions.

8.  condition
something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation:
I accept on one condition.

9.  condition
a stipulation that would alter an agreement should a specified event occur.

10.  condition
the event itself.

11.  condition
an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body:
heart condition; skin condition.

12.  condition
an academic grade that permits a student failing a course to earn credit for the course by later performance.

13. (v.t.) condition
to put in a fit or proper state.

14.  condition
to accustom or inure:
to condition oneself to the cold.

15.  condition
to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.

16.  condition
to make (something) a condition.

17.  condition
to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).

18.  condition
to apply a conditioner to.

19. (v.i.) condition
to make conditions.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME

Definition of 'Condition'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) condition, status
a state at a particular time
"a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

2. (noun) condition, precondition, stipulation
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

3. (noun) condition
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
"the human condition"

4. (noun) circumstance, condition, consideration
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
"another consideration is the time it would take"

5. (noun) condition, shape
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

6. (noun) condition
an illness, disease, or other medical problem
"a heart condition"; "a skin condition"

7. (noun) condition, term
(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"

8. (verb) condition, experimental condition
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

9. (verb) condition
establish a conditioned response

10. (verb) discipline, train, check, condition
develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

11. (verb) stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
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"

12. (verb) condition
put into a better state
"he conditions old cars"

13. (verb) condition
apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
"I condition my hair after washing it"

Definition of 'Condition'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) condition
the physical state
the condition of the house; in good/bad condition

2.  condition
a serious health problem
a heart condition

3.  condition
sth that must be true before sth else is allowed
the terms and conditions of the agreement; You did not meet the conditions for a loan.; You can go, on the condition that you are home by 11:00.

4.  condition
in no condition to
too ill or upset to do sth
You're in no condition to get out of bed.

5. (verb) condition
to make the hair softer by applying cream after washing
***Do you condition your hair?

6.  condition
to cause behavior by gradually rewarding it over time
to condition the animals to respond to the sound

Definition of 'Condition'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Condition
mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate

2. (noun) Condition
essential quality; property; attribute

3. (noun) Condition
temperament; disposition; character

4. (noun) Condition
that which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified

5. (noun) Condition
a clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend

6. (noun) Condition
to invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of

7. (noun) Condition
to contract; to stipulate; to agree

8. (noun) Condition
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; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study

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

10. (noun) Condition
train; acclimate

11. (verb) Condition
to make terms; to stipulate

12. (verb) Condition
to impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible

Definition of 'Condition'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. Condition
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.

Translation of 'Condition'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: toestand, staat, gesteldh	Arabic: حالَه	Bulgarian: състояние
Brazilian: condição	Czech: stav; podmínka, okolnost	German: der Zustand
Danish: stand; forfatning; forhol	Greek: κατάσταση	Spanish: condición, estado
Estonian: olukord, olud	Farsi: شرایط	Finnish: tila
French: condition	Hebrew: מַצָב	Hindi: हालत, दशा
Croatian: stanje, položaj	Hungarian: állapot	Indonesian: keadaan
Icelandic: aðstæður	Italian: condizione	Japanese: 状態
Korean: 상태	Lithuanian: būklė, padėtis, sąlygos	Latvian: stāvoklis; apstākļi
Malay: keadaan	Dutch: staat; toestand, situatie	Norwegian: forfatning, tilstand, for
Polish: stan	Persian: شرایط	Pashto: تړ، شرط: وضع، حالت: ديو ش
Romanian: condiţie	Russian: состояние;условия	Slovak: stav, okolnosti
Slovenian: stanje; razmere	Serbian: stanje	Swedish: skick, omständigheter, vi
Thai: สภาพ	Turkish: durum, vaziyet, hâl	Taiwanese: 條件，狀態
Ukrainian: стан, становище	Urdu: حالت	Vietnamese: điều kiện
Chinese: 条件，状态
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