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con·di·tion
(kən-dĭsh′ən)n.
1.
a. A mode or state of being: We bought a used boat in excellent condition. See Synonyms at state.
b. conditions Existing circumstances: Economic conditions have improved. The news reported the latest weather conditions.
c. Archaic Social position; rank.
2.
a. A state of health: Has the patient's condition deteriorated?
b. A state of physical fitness: Have you exercised enough to get back into condition?
c. A disease or physical ailment: a heart condition.
3.
a. One that is indispensable to the appearance or occurrence of another; a prerequisite: Compatibility is a condition of a successful marriage.
b. One that restricts or modifies another; a qualification: I'll make you a promise but with one condition.
4.
a. Grammar The dependent clause of a conditional sentence; protasis.
b. Logic A proposition on which another proposition depends; the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
5. Law
a. A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.
b. The event itself.
tr.v. con·di·tioned, con·di·tion·ing, con·di·tions
1.
a. To make dependent on a condition or conditions: Use of the cabin is conditioned on your keeping it clean.
b. To stipulate as a condition: "He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return" (Jane Austen).
2.
a. To cause to be in a certain condition; shape or influence: "Our modern conceptions of historiography [are] conditioned by Western intellectual traditions" (Carol Meyers).
b. To accustom (oneself or another) to something; adapt: had to condition herself to long hours of hard work; conditioned the troops to marches at high altitudes.
c. To render fit for work or use: spent weeks conditioning the old car.
d. To improve the physical fitness of (the body, for example), as through repeated sessions of strenuous physical activity.
e. Psychology To cause (an organism) to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.
3. To treat (the air in a room, for example) by air-conditioning.
4. To replace moisture or oils in (hair, for example) by use of a therapeutic product.
[Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Late Latin conditiō, conditiōn-, alteration of Latin condiciō, from condīcere, to agree : com-, com- + dīcere, to talk; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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condition
(kənˈdɪʃən)n
1. a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstances: the human condition.
2. something that limits or restricts something else; a qualification: you may enter only under certain conditions.
3. (plural) external or existing circumstances: conditions were right for a takeover.
4. state of health or physical fitness, esp good health (esp in the phrases in condition, out of condition)
5. (Medicine) an ailment or physical disability: a heart condition.
6. something indispensable to the existence of something else: your happiness is a condition of mine.
7. something required as part of an agreement or pact; terms: the conditions of the lease are set out.
8. (Law) law
a. a declaration or provision in a will, contract, etc, that makes some right or liability contingent upon the happening of some event
b. the event itself
9. (Logic) 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 sufficient2, necessary3e
10. (Mathematics) 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
11. (Logic) 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
12. (Statistics) statistics short for experimental condition
13. rank, status, or position in life
14. on condition that upon condition that (conjunction) provided that
vb (mainly tr)
15. (Psychology) psychol
a. to alter the response of (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus or situation
b. to establish a conditioned response in (a person or animal)
16. to put into a fit condition or state
17. (Hairdressing & Grooming) to improve the condition of (one's hair) by use of special cosmetics
18. to accustom or inure
19. to subject to a condition
20. (intr) archaic to make conditions
[C14: from Latin conditiō, from condīcere to discuss, agree together, from con- together + dīcere to say]
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con•di•tion
(kənˈdɪʃ ən)n.
1. a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
2. state of health: a patient in critical condition.
3. fit or requisite state: to be in no condition to run.
4. social position.
5. a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
6. a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite: conditions of acceptance.
7. Usu., conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
8. something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: I accept on one condition.
9. Law.
a. a stipulation that would alter an agreement should a specified event occur.
b. the event itself.
10. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.
11. an academic grade that permits a student failing a course to earn credit for the course by later performance.
v.t. 14. to put in a fit or proper state.
15. to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
16. to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
17. to make (something) a condition.
18. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
19. to apply a conditioner to.
v.i. 20. to make conditions.
[1275–1325; Middle English condicioun < Anglo-French; Old French < Latin condiciō agreement, stipulation <condic-, condīcere to give notice, appoint (con- + dīcere to say)]
con•di′tion•a•ble, adj.
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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; standard.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  condition - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" diversity - the condition or result of being changeable anchorage - the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family" health - the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health" mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" ecological niche, niche - (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) noise conditions - the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel) participation, involvement - the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) prepossession - the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable" regularisation, regularization - the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) saturation - a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence silence - the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence" situation, position - a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" ski conditions - the amount and state of snow for skiing nomination - the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested" standardisation, standardization - the condition in which a standard has been successfully established; "standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars" stigmatism - (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point astigmatism, astigmia - (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point way - the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" circumstance - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity homelessness - the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) reinstatement - the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly" place - proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" celibacy - an unmarried status virginity - the condition or quality of being a virgin innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" sinlessness, whiteness, innocence, pureness, purity - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense encapsulation - the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths" polarisation, polarization - the condition of having or giving polarity physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions hyalinisation, hyalinization - the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline; "the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization" protuberance - the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly" curvature - (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine" mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" melioration, improvement - a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" declination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state ennoblement - the state of being noble ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
| 2. | condition - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" boundary condition - (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations | |
| 3. | condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" social stratification, stratification - the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group ordinary - the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary" introversion, invagination - the condition of being folded inward or sheathed roots - the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots" lysogenicity, lysogeny - the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" amphidiploidy - the condition of being amphidiploid diploidy - the condition of being diploid haploidy - the condition of being haploid heteroploidy - the condition of being heteroploid polyploidy - the condition of being polyploid mosaicism - the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup orphanage, orphanhood - the condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" stigmatism - the condition of having or being marked by stigmata transsexualism - condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex | |
| 4. | condition - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction justification - something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution" mitigating circumstance - (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense | |
| 5. | condition - the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease physical fitness, fitness - good physical condition; being in shape or in condition | |
| 6. | condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | |
| 7. | condition - (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" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" | |
| 8. | condition - the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition experiment, experimentation - the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | |
| Verb | 1. | condition - establish a conditioned response |
| 2. | condition - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" make grow, develop - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | |
| 3. | condition - 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" stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" provide - determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" | |
| 4. | condition - put into a better state; "he conditions old cars" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" recondition - bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances" | |
| 5. | condition - apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it" shampoo - use shampoo on (hair) |
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condition
noun
2. situation, state, position, status, circumstances, plight, status quo (Latin), case, predicament The government has encourage people to better their condition.
3. requirement, terms, rider, provision, restriction, qualification, limitation, modification, requisite, prerequisite, proviso, stipulation, rule, demand They had agreed to a summit subject to certain conditions.
plural noun
1. circumstances, situation, environment, surroundings, way of life, milieu The conditions in the camp are just awful.
verb
1. train, teach, educate, adapt, accustom, inure, habituate We have been conditioned to believe that it is weak to be scared.
2. nourish, improve, feed Lecithin is a protein which is excellent for conditioning dry and damaged hair.
on condition that provided that, if, on the understanding that, as long as He only spoke to reporters on condition that he was not identified.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
condition
noun3. Something indispensable:
4. A restricting or modifying element:
provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural).
Informal: string (often used in plural).
5. Existing surroundings that affect an activity.Used in plural:
circumstance (often used in plural), environment.
Slang: scene.
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Translations
حالحالةحالَهشرْطيُحَدِّد ، يتحكّم ب
stavpodmínkaupraviturčovatdostat se
betingelseforfatningforholdkomme i formpåvirke
stato
شرط
edellytysehdollistaaehtokuntotila
stanjeuvjet
feltételformába hoz/jönkondicionálmegszab
aîstæîurlaga; koma í gott ástandskilyrîivera háîur, ráîast af
状態調整する適応する順応する条件
조건
conditio
būklėišlygakondicionieriuslygtinailygtinis
apstākļiizvirzīt noteikumusnosacījumsnosacītnoteikums
okolnostipodmieniť
stanjeusposobitiutrditipogojrazmere
konditiontillståndvillkor
สภาวะ
điều kiện
condition
[kənˈdɪʃən]A. N
1. (= state) → condición f, estado m
in good condition → en buenas condiciones, en buen estado
to keep o.s. in condition → mantenerse en forma
living conditions → condiciones de vida
to be in no condition to do sth → no estar en condiciones de hacer algo
to be out of condition → no estar en forma
physical condition → estado físico
physical conditions → condiciones físicas
in poor condition → en malas condiciones
weather conditions → estado del tiempo
working conditions → condiciones de trabajo
in good condition → en buenas condiciones, en buen estado
to keep o.s. in condition → mantenerse en forma
living conditions → condiciones de vida
to be in no condition to do sth → no estar en condiciones de hacer algo
to be out of condition → no estar en forma
physical condition → estado físico
physical conditions → condiciones físicas
in poor condition → en malas condiciones
weather conditions → estado del tiempo
working conditions → condiciones de trabajo
2. (= stipulation) → condición f
on condition that → a condición de que
on no condition → bajo ningún concepto
I'll do it on one condition → lo haré, con una condición
on this condition → con esta condición
conditions of sale → condiciones de venta
on condition that → a condición de que
on no condition → bajo ningún concepto
I'll do it on one condition → lo haré, con una condición
on this condition → con esta condición
conditions of sale → condiciones de venta
B. VT
1. (= make healthy) [+ hair] → condicionar
3. (Psych) (= train) → condicionar
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condition
[kənˈdɪʃən] n
(= state) → état f
in poor condition → en mauvais état
in good condition → en bon état
to be in no condition to do sth [person] → ne pas être en état de faire qch
to be out of condition [person] (= unfit, unhealthy) → ne pas être en forme
in poor condition → en mauvais état
in good condition → en bon état
to be in no condition to do sth [person] → ne pas être en état de faire qch
to be out of condition [person] (= unfit, unhealthy) → ne pas être en forme
(= circumstance) → condition f
weather conditions → conditions fpl météorologiques
living conditions → conditions fpl de vie
weather conditions → conditions fpl météorologiques
living conditions → conditions fpl de vie
(= requirement) → condition
on one condition → à une condition
I'll do it, on one condition → Je veux bien le faire, à une condition.
on condition (that) ... → à condition que ... + subj, à condition de
on one condition → à une condition
I'll do it, on one condition → Je veux bien le faire, à une condition.
on condition (that) ... → à condition que ... + subj, à condition de
vt
(= influence) [+ person] → conditionner
to be conditioned to do sth → être conditionné(e) à faire qch
to be conditioned to do sth → être conditionné(e) à faire qch
[+ hair] → traiter
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condition
n
(= determining factor) → Bedingung f (also Jur, Comm); (= prerequisite) → Voraussetzung f; conditions of sale → Verkaufsbedingungen pl; on condition that … → unter der Bedingung or Voraussetzung, dass …; on one/this condition → unter einer/der Bedingung or Voraussetzung; on what condition? → zu welchen Bedingungen?, unter welchen Voraussetzungen?; on no condition → auf keinen Fall; to make conditions → Bedingungen stellen; he made it a condition that … → er machte es zur Bedingung, dass …
conditions pl (= circumstances) → Verhältnisse pl, → Zustände pl (pej); working conditions → Arbeitsbedingungen pl; living conditions → Wohnverhältnisse pl; weather conditions → die Wetterlage; in or under (the) present conditions → bei den derzeitigen Verhältnissen
no pl (= state) → Zustand m; he is in good/bad condition → er ist in guter/schlechter Verfassung; it is in good/bad condition → es ist in gutem/schlechtem Zustand; not in your condition! → nicht in deinem Zustand!; he is in a critical condition → sein Zustand ist kritisch; he is in no condition to make the journey → er ist nicht reisefähig; the car is in no condition to make such a long journey → so wie das Auto ist, kann man damit keine Reise machen; you’re in no condition to drive → du bist nicht mehr fahrtüchtig; to be in/out of condition → eine gute/keine Kondition haben; to keep in/get into condition → in Form bleiben/kommen; (Sport also) → seine Kondition beibehalten/sich (dat) → eine gute Kondition antrainieren; in an interesting condition (dated hum inf) → in anderen Umständen; to change one’s condition (old) → sich verehelichen (dated); the human condition → die Situation des Menschen or der Menschen
(Med) → Beschwerden pl; heart/thyroid condition → Herz-/Schilddrüsenleiden nt; he has a heart condition → er ist herzkrank
vt
(esp pass: = determine) → bedingen, bestimmen; to be conditioned by → bedingt sein durch, abhängen von
(= bring into good condition) hair, athlete, animal → in Form bringen; conditioning powder → Aufbaumittel nt
(Psych etc: = train) → konditionieren; (= accustom) → gewöhnen; they have become conditioned to believe it → sie sind so konditioniert, dass sie es glauben; conditioned reflex or response → bedingter Reflex
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condition
[kənˈdɪʃ/ən]1. n
a. → condizione f
on condition that → a condizione di, a condizione che + sub
under or in the present conditions → nelle attuali condizioni or circostanze
in good/poor condition → in buone/cattive condizioni
to be in no condition to do sth → non essere in condizione di fare qc
to be out of condition (person) → essere fuori forma
physical condition (of person) → condizioni fisiche
physical conditions → condizioni ambientali
weather conditions → condizioni meteorologiche
conditions of sale → condizioni di vendita
on condition that → a condizione di, a condizione che + sub
under or in the present conditions → nelle attuali condizioni or circostanze
in good/poor condition → in buone/cattive condizioni
to be in no condition to do sth → non essere in condizione di fare qc
to be out of condition (person) → essere fuori forma
physical condition (of person) → condizioni fisiche
physical conditions → condizioni ambientali
weather conditions → condizioni meteorologiche
conditions of sale → condizioni di vendita
2. vt → condizionare, regolare
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condition
(kənˈdiʃən) noun1. 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.
2. something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement. It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement.
verb1. to affect or control. behaviour conditioned by circumstances.
2. to put into the required state. The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match.
conˈditional adjective depending on certain conditions. This offer of a university place is conditional on your being able to pass your final school exams; a conditional offer.
conˈditionally adverbconˈditioner noun
something which helps in conditioning. hair-conditioner.
on condition that if, and only if (something is done). You will be paid tomorrow on condition that the work is finished.
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condition
→ حال stav betingelse Zustand κατάσταση condición, estado kunto condition stanje condizione 状態 조건 conditie tilstand warunek condição условие villkor สภาวะ koşul điều kiện 条件Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
con·di·tion
n. condición, cualidad;
guarded ___ → en estado de gravedad;
preexisting ___ → ___ preexistente;
undiagnosed ___ → ___ sin diagnosticar.
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condition
n (state) estado, condición f; (ailment) afección f, condición f, enfermedad f; critical — estado crítico, condicion crítica; preexisting — condición preexistenteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.