condition
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From Latin conditiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle conditus, + noun of action suffix -io.
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condition (plural conditions)
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A requirement, term, or requisite.
- Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
- What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
- The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
- The state or quality.
- National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
- The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
- A particular state of being.
- Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
- Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
- Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.
- Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.
- (obsolete) 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 request.
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Terms derived from condition (noun)
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logical clause or phrase
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health status of a patient
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state of an object
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condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
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Terms derived from condition (verb)
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to undergo the process of acclimation
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to subject to different conditions
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to shape the behaviour of someone to do something
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Most common English words before 1923: generally · ago · easily · #685: condition · sleep · ex · mere
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condition f. (plural conditions)
- condition
- en bonne condition - In good condition
