CONDITION

condition, experimental condition

(noun) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable’s effect by comparison with a control condition

circumstance, condition, consideration

(noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; “another consideration is the time it would take”

condition, precondition, stipulation

(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

condition, strings, term

(noun) (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”

condition

(noun) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; “the human condition”

condition, status

(noun) a state at a particular time; “a condition (or state) of disrepair”; “the current status of the arms negotiations”

condition

(noun) an illness, disease, or other medical problem; “a heart condition”; “a skin condition”

condition, shape

(noun) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)

condition

(verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; “I condition my hair after washing it”

condition

(verb) put into a better state; “he conditions old cars”

stipulate, qualify, condition, specify

(verb) 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”

discipline, train, condition

(verb) develop (a child’s or animal’s) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; “Parents must discipline their children”; “Is this dog trained?”

condition

(verb) establish a conditioned response

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

condition (countable and uncountable, plural conditions)

A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

A requirement or requisite.

(legal) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

The health status of a medical patient.

The state or quality.

A particular state of being.

(obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

Synonyms

• (the health or state of something): fettle

Hyponyms

• human condition

• interesting condition

• Marshall-Lerner condition

• mint condition

• necessary condition

• precondition

• sufficient condition

• underlying condition

Verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

To subject to the process of acclimation.

To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

(transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.

To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

(transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.

(transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

(transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

(US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.

To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*di"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]

1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse Cowley. The new conditions of life. Darwin.

2. Essential quality; property; attribute. It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.] The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified. I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.

5. (Law)

Definition: A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation.

– On or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. "Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." Shak.

– Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn.

– State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.

Con*di"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.]

1. To make terms; to stipulate. Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.

2. (Metaph.)

Definition: To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton.

Con*di"tion, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.]

1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of. Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree. It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (U. S. Colleges)

Definition: To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

Definition: train; acclimate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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