condition
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: colleges
education
law
Etymology: From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. An unetymological change in spelling due to a confusion with conditio.
Inflected forms:
form: conditions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: conditions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conditioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conditioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conditioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A state or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
gloss: A state or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.
Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.
gloss: A state or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: A man of his condition has no place to make requests.
[T]his Zeal was now inflamed by Lady Bellaſton, who had told her the preceding Evening, that ſhe was well ſatiſfied from the Conduct of Sophia, and from her Carriage to his Lordſhip, that all Delays would be dangerous, and that the only Way to ſucceed, was to preſs the Match forward with ſuch Rapidity, that the young Lady ſhould have no Time to reflect, and be obliged to conſent while ſhe ſcarce knew what ſhe did. In which Manner, ſhe ſaid, one half of the Marriages among People of Condition were brought about.
gloss: A state or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: My aunt couldn’t walk up the stairs in her condition.
If the visual attention sequence of children with autism and TD children varied depending on the condition, we could argue that the inclusion of objects in the environment influences the visual attention patterns of both groups.
gloss: A state or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While the defense lawyers have likened the condition to the post traumatic stress disorders afflicting war veterans and battered women, which have been used in other insanity defense cases, they have said that they know of no previous trials when a "black rage" defense has been raised.
gloss: A requirement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.
gloss: A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To subject to the process of acclimation.
pos: verb
examples: I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
Heat pumps condition the air on the first floor.
gloss: To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
pos: verb
examples: They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
gloss: To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
pos: verb
gloss: To place conditions or limitations upon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year.
gloss: To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
pos: verb
examples: The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
gloss: To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads.
gloss: To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [P]ay me back my credit, / And I'll condition wi'ye.
[I]t was conditioned betweene Saturne and Titan, that Saturne being a yonger brother, and raigning (for his owne life), by Titans permiſſion, he ſhould put to death all his male children, leaſt the Titans might be interrupted by any of them in their ſucceſſion; which agreement becauſe Saturne performed in his firſt borne, it is fained that Saturne deuoured his owne children.
gloss: To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
gloss: To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
pos: verb
examples: "To think is thus to condition," because it is to know this or that object, and this or that object in a particular mode or condition.
Derived words: air-condition
conditionability
conditionable
conditioner
miscondition
overcondition
precondition
recondition
uncondition
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: حَال
roman: ḥāl
lang: Arabic
word: حَالَة
roman: ḥāla
lang: Armenian
word: վիճակ
roman: vičak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hal
lang: Bashkir
word: хәл
roman: xəl
lang: Belarusian
word: стан
roman: stan
lang: Belarusian
word: стано́вішча
roman: stanóvišča
lang: Central Bikol
word: kamugtakan
lang: Bulgarian
word: състоя́ние
roman: sǎstojánie
lang: Burmese
word: အခြေအနေ
roman: a.hkrea.ne
lang: Catalan
word: condició
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 狀態 /状态
roman: zong⁶ taai³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 狀態 /状态
roman: zhuàngtài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 病情
roman: bìngqíng
lang: Czech
word: stav
lang: Czech
word: kondice
lang: Dutch
word: conditie
lang: Esperanto
word: stato
lang: Finnish
word: vointi
lang: Finnish
word: tila
lang: Finnish
word: olo
lang: Finnish
word: kondis
lang: French
word: condition
lang: Galician
word: condición
lang: German
word: Verfassung
lang: German
word: Kondition
lang: German
word: Befinden
lang: German
word: Zustand
lang: Greek
word: κατάσταση
roman: katástasi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἕξις
roman: héxis
lang: Hindi
word: हालत
roman: hālat
lang: Hungarian
word: állapot
lang: Hungarian
word: kondíció
lang: Indonesian
word: kondisi
lang: Indonesian
word: keadaan
lang: Irish
word: bail
lang: Irish
word: caoi
lang: Irish
word: dóigh
lang: Italian
word: condizione
lang: Japanese
word: 状態
roman: jōtai
lang: Japanese
word: コンディション
roman: kondishon
lang: Korean
word: 상태
roman: sangtae
lang: Korean
word: 컨디션
roman: keondisyeon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: حاڵ
roman: ḧall
lang: Latin
word: status
lang: Latvian
word: apstāklis
lang: Lithuanian
word: būklė
lang: Macedonian
word: со́стојба
roman: sóstojba
lang: Maltese
word: kundizzjoni
lang: Marathi
word: स्थिती
roman: sthitī
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilstand
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kondisjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tilstand
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kondisjon
lang: Pashto
word: حالت
roman: hālat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حال
roman: hâl
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حالَت
roman: hâlat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schekjsol
lang: Polish
word: stan
lang: Polish
word: kondycja
lang: Portuguese
word: condição
lang: Romanian
word: condiție
lang: Romanian
word: stare
lang: Romansh
word: cundiziun
lang: Russian
word: состоя́ние
roman: sostojánije
lang: Russian
word: положе́ние
roman: položénije
lang: Sanskrit
word: अवस्था
roman: avasthā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cor
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ста́ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: stánje
lang: Slovak
word: stav
lang: Slovene
word: stanje
lang: Spanish
word: situación
lang: Spanish
word: condición
lang: Swedish
word: tillstånd
lang: Swedish
word: kondition
lang: Tajik
word: ҳолат
roman: holat
lang: Tarifit
word: rḥar
lang: Telugu
word: పరిస్థితి
roman: paristhiti
lang: Thai
word: สภาพ
roman: sà-pâap
lang: Turkish
word: durum
lang: Turkish
word: hâl
lang: Ukrainian
word: стан
roman: stan
lang: Ukrainian
word: стано́вище
roman: stanóvyšče
lang: Urdu
word: حالَت
roman: hālat
lang: Uyghur
word: ھال
roman: hal
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەھۋال
roman: ehwal
lang: Uzbek
word: ahvol
lang: Uzbek
word: holat
lang: Vietnamese
word: bệnh trạng
lang: Vietnamese
word: bệnh tình
lang: Vietnamese
word: tình trạng sức khoẻ
lang: Albanian
word: gjendje
lang: Arabic
word: حَالَة
roman: ḥāla
lang: Arabic
word: وَضْع
roman: waḍʕ
lang: Armenian
word: վիճակ
roman: vičak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vəziyyət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: halət
lang: Bashkir
word: хәл
roman: xəl
lang: Bashkir
word: торош
roman: toroş
lang: Belarusian
word: стан
roman: stan
lang: Belarusian
word: стано́вішча
roman: stanóvišča
lang: Central Bikol
word: kamugtakan
lang: Bulgarian
word: състоя́ние
roman: sǎstojánie
lang: Catalan
word: condició
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 狀態 /状态
roman: zong⁶ taai³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 狀態 /状态
roman: zhuàngtài
lang: Czech
word: stav
lang: Danish
word: tilstand
lang: Dutch
word: toestand
lang: Esperanto
word: stato
lang: Finnish
word: tila
lang: Finnish
word: kunto (e.g. jalka on huonossa kunnossa)
lang: Finnish
word: kondis
lang: Finnish
word: happi (humoristic)
roman: e.g. Matti on huonossa hapessa
lang: Galician
word: condición
lang: Georgian
word: მდგომარეობა
roman: mdgomareoba
lang: German
word: Beschaffenheit
lang: German
word: Zustand
lang: Greek
word: κατάσταση
roman: katástasi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἕξις
roman: héxis
lang: Hindi
word: हालत
roman: hālat
lang: Hungarian
word: állapot
lang: Hungarian
word: viszony
lang: Hungarian
word: körülmény
lang: Ido
word: stando
lang: Indonesian
word: kondisi
lang: Indonesian
word: keadaan
lang: Irish
word: bail
lang: Irish
word: caoi
lang: Irish
word: dóigh
lang: Italian
word: condizione
lang: Japanese
word: 状態
roman: jōtai
lang: Kazakh
word: ахуал
roman: axual
lang: Kazakh
word: жағдай
roman: jağdai
lang: Kazakh
word: күй
roman: küi
lang: Korean
word: 상태
roman: sangtae
lang: Kyrgyz
word: абал
roman: abal
lang: Latin
word: status
lang: Latin
word: habitus
lang: Macedonian
word: состојба
roman: sostojba
lang: Malay
word: keadaan
lang: Maltese
word: kundizzjoni
lang: Marathi
word: स्थिती
roman: sthitī
lang: Mizo
word: dinhmun
lang: Mongolian
word: байдал
roman: bajdal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilstand
lang: Occitan
word: condicion
lang: Old English
word: steall
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: وضعیت
roman: vazʼiyet
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بال
roman: bâl
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پرهسه
roman: perese
lang: Pashto
word: حالت
roman: hālát
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حالَت
roman: hâlat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حال
roman: hâl
lang: Iranian Persian
word: وَضْعِیَت
roman: vaz'iyat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schekjsol
lang: Polish
word: stan
lang: Polish
word: kondycja
lang: Polish
word: warunek
lang: Portuguese
word: condição
lang: Romanian
word: condiție
lang: Romansh
word: cundiziun
lang: Russian
word: состоя́ние
roman: sostojánije
lang: Russian
word: положе́ние
roman: položénije
lang: Sanskrit
word: अवस्था
roman: avasthā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cor
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: càradh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ста́ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: stánje
lang: Sikkimese
word: སྐུ་ཁམས
roman: sku khams
lang: Slovak
word: stav
lang: Slovene
word: stanje
lang: Swedish
word: tillstånd
lang: Swedish
word: kondition
lang: Tajik
word: ҳолат
roman: holat
lang: Tamil
word: நிலை
roman: nilai
lang: Telugu
word: స్థితి
roman: sthiti
lang: Thai
word: ภาวะ
roman: paa-wá
lang: Thai
word: สภาพ
roman: sà-pâap
lang: Turkish
word: durum
lang: Turkish
word: hâl
lang: Turkmen
word: ýagdaýy
lang: Ukrainian
word: стан
roman: stan
lang: Ukrainian
word: стано́вище
roman: stanóvyšče
lang: Urdu
word: حالَت
roman: hālat
lang: Uyghur
word: ھالەت
roman: halet
lang: Uzbek
word: holat
lang: Uzbek
word: ahvol
lang: Vietnamese
word: trạng thái