conditioned

[ kuhn-dish-uhnd ]

adjective

1. existing under or subject to conditions.
2. characterized by a predictable or consistent pattern of behavior or thought as a result of having been subjected to certain circumstances or conditions.
3. Psychology. proceeding from or dependent on a conditioning of the individual; learned; acquired: Compare unconditioned ( def 2 ).

   conditioned behavior patterns.

4. made suitable for a given purpose.

   Synonyms: adjusted

5. accustomed; inured.

   Synonyms: used to

6. air-conditioned ( def ).

conditioned

/ kənˈdɪʃənd /

adjective

1. See unconditioned
   psychol of or denoting a response that has been learned Compare unconditioned
2. foll by to accustomed; inured; prepared by training

Other Words From

• noncon·ditioned adjective
• self-con·ditioned adjective
• semi·con·ditioned adjective
• well-con·ditioned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conditioned¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; condition, -ed ²

Example Sentences

We are being conditioned to believe that in exchange for a bargain, we just have no right to expect comfort in return.

From The Daily Beast

Partly because he can't stay put, Palmer is among the best conditioned of major leaguers.

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Good Kill opens in an air-conditioned trailer on the outskirts of Vegas.

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Serious foodies can indulge in a high-end, three-course Chef Du Jour meal served inside an air-conditioned tent ($45 per person).

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But both senators appear to have backed off their position that the aid to Egypt should be halted or at least heavily conditioned.

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And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.

From Project Gutenberg

In everyday affairs a check is thus given and received, in fact it is only a payment conditioned on payment of the check.

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We need not doubt, however, that in practice the form of the acre was largely conditioned by the nature of the ground.

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Her neck, far too liberally exhibited, resembled nothing so much as the stem of an ill-conditioned, gnarly young olive tree.

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Most of the people of Earth are security-conditioned from childhood.

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