condition
a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.
fit or requisite state: to be out of condition;to be in no condition to run.
social position: in a lowly condition.
a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
Usually conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
Law.
a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
the event upon which this stipulation depends.
Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition;skin condition.
U.S. Education.
a requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.
the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
Grammar. protasis (def. 1).
Logic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
to put in a fit or proper state.
to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
to air-condition.
to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
to subject to particular conditions or circumstances: Her studies conditioned her for her job.
U.S. Education. to impose a condition on (a student).
to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
Psychology. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
Textiles.
to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
to make conditions.
Idioms about condition
on / upon condition that, with the promise or provision that; provided that; if: She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.
Origin of condition
1synonym study For condition
Other words for condition
Other words from condition
- con·di·tion·a·ble, adjective
- un·con·di·tion, verb (used with object)
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How to use condition in a sentence
There were also crashes not due to either mechanical or human error but to a lack of warning of dangerous conditions.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 2011, Airbus was working on a program to replicate these conditions in a flight simulator for use in pilot training.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAir traffic controllers and pilots together take great care not to fly in conditions that can jeopardize an airplane.
As night fell, the rescue operation slowed and sea conditions worsened.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe birds are debeaked, suffer ulcers, and terrible feet conditions.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity | William O’Connor | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinWhatever the species, it is well to imitate the natural conditions as much as possible in the way of soil.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinIn such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinTom—I felt out of myself in a way—as though I'd escaped—into—into quite different conditions——'
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodConditions in the new country had gone from bad to worse, and if the season should experience another drought, the worst was come.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
British Dictionary definitions for condition
/ (kənˈdɪʃən) /
a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstances: the human condition
something that limits or restricts something else; a qualification: you may enter only under certain conditions
(plural) external or existing circumstances: conditions were right for a takeover
state of health or physical fitness, esp good health (esp in the phrases in condition, out of condition)
an ailment or physical disability: a heart condition
something indispensable to the existence of something else: your happiness is a condition of mine
something required as part of an agreement or pact; terms: the conditions of the lease are set out
law
a declaration or provision in a will, contract, etc, that makes some right or liability contingent upon the happening of some event
the event itself
logic a statement whose truth is either required for the truth of a given statement (a necessary condition) or sufficient to guarantee the truth of the given statement (a sufficient condition): See sufficient (def. 2), necessary (def. 3e)
maths logic a presupposition, esp a restriction on the domain of quantification, indispensable to the proof of a theorem and stated as part of it
statistics short for experimental condition
rank, status, or position in life
on condition that or upon condition that (conjunction) provided that
psychol
to alter the response of (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus or situation
to establish a conditioned response in (a person or animal)
to put into a fit condition or state
to improve the condition of (one's hair) by use of special cosmetics
to accustom or inure
to subject to a condition
(intr) archaic to make conditions
Origin of condition
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with condition
see in condition; mint condition; on condition that; out of condition.
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