air-condition
Americanverb (used with object)
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air-conditions,
present (3rd person singular)
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air-conditioned,
past participle, past
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air-conditioning
present participle
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to furnish with an air-conditioning system.
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to treat (air) with such a system.
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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air-conditionsimple
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air-conditionssimple
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have air-conditionedperfect
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has air-conditionedperfect
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am air-conditioningprogressive
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are air-conditioningprogressive
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is air-conditioningprogressive
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have been air-conditioningperfect progressive
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has been air-conditioningperfect progressive
Past
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air-conditionedsimple
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had air-conditionedperfect
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was air-conditioningprogressive
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were air-conditioningprogressive
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had been air-conditioningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of air-condition
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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"We cannot air-condition our way out of climate change."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
As the people with microphones and notebooks pushed and shoved in a hot and muggy hallway--”We don’t air-condition the corridors in this county,” cackled one old observer--it suddenly became apparent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Valerie Wilson, the business administrator for Newark’s public schools, said there’s little public understanding of the high costs and logistical obstacles that districts such as hers would have to overcome to air-condition all their schools.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Only then did they test the babies’ urine, thinking, according to one doctor, that a pathogen or agent in a heating or air-condition unit might have caused the infants’ sudden ailment.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2020
You’d think they’d at least air-condition the place.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
To survive the summer heat, Qatar not only air-conditions its soccer stadiums, but also the outdoors — in markets, along sidewalks, even at outdoor malls so people can window shop with a cool breeze.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2019
In summer she air-conditions the house down to 68 degrees, in effect cold-soaking the walls and furnishings, counting on thermal inertia to slow down the time it takes to warm up in the afternoons.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2014
The franchise fled further and further from coastal cultural centers, shifting from the “Real World” of New York City and Chicago to the air-conditioned enclaves of New Jersey and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s about 10 miles off our route but is an air-conditioned oasis of burgers, pie a la mode and endless ice water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I can't think of anything else to do other than stay in air-conditioned places like home, shopping malls and cafes," the office worker said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
A score gets you “priority placement” for one of the prison system’s roughly 52,000 air-conditioned “cool beds.”
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
He rolled down the window and the heat of the desert came pouring into the air-conditioned car.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Most deaths from heat happen indoors, meaning that "broader access to air-conditioning and other cooling facilities" is particularly important, they emphasised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The period included England’s hottest June on record, which also drove increased sales of air-conditioning units and fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
A small portable air-conditioning unit using about 1kW for seven hours a night over 30 nights would cost around £54.83 in electricity alone, before buying the unit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Each renter was, in some ways, another dependent, another soul to worry about, to provide with shelter, a solid roof, air-conditioning, clean water.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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