Condition
[kən'dɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən'dɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition.
(noun.) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else.
(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'.
(noun.) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; 'the human condition'.
(noun.) a state at a particular time; 'a condition (or state) of disrepair'; 'the current status of the arms negotiations'.
(noun.) an illness, disease, or other medical problem; 'a heart condition'; 'a skin condition'.
(noun.) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape').
(verb.) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; 'I condition my hair after washing it'.
(verb.) put into a better state; 'he conditions old cars'.
(verb.) establish a conditioned response.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Essential quality; property; attribute.
(n.) Temperament; disposition; character.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To make terms; to stipulate.
(v. i.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
(n.) To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
(n.) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
(n.) train; acclimate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Situation, state, case, category, plight, predicament, circumstances.[2]. Consideration, provision, proviso, stipulation, arrangement, article of agreement, rule of proceeding.
Editor: Susanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:State, case, mood, term, mode, qualification, requisite, stipulation,predicament, proviso, situation, circumstances, plight
ANT:Relation, dependence, situation, circumstance, concession, fulfillment,adaptation
Editor: Luke
Definition
n. state in which things exist: a particular manner of being: quality: rank as 'a person of condition:' pre-requisite: temper: a term of a contract: proposal: arrangement: (logic) that which must precede the operation of a cause: (law) a provision that upon the occurrence of an uncertain event an obligation shall come into force or shall cease or that the obligation shall not come into force until a certain event.—v.i. to make terms.—v.t. to agree upon: to restrict limit: to determine.—adj. Condi′tional depending on conditions.—n. Conditional′ity.—adv. Condi′tionally.—v.t. Condi′tionate to condition: to qualify.—adj. Condi′tioned having a certain condition state or quality: circumstanced: depending: relative—the opposite of absolute.—Conditioning House an establishment in which the true weight length and condition of articles of trade and commerce are determined scientifically—the first in England established at Bradford in 1891.
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Examples
- The condition of India at this time was one very interesting and attractive to European adventurers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But it will be still more difficult to fulfil the second condition, requisite to justify this system. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The telegraph operating-room was in a deplorable condition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Humphrey expressed his sorrow at Clym's condition, and added, Now, if yours was low-class work like mine, you could go on with it just the same. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Doctor, your clients are people of condition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Art thou in condition to do good service, friar, said Locksley, or does the brown bowl still run in thy head? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- By the aid of these lines the barometric conditions over a large area can be studied. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These conditions, stated in an orderly sequence, would constitute the method or way or manner of its growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Undoubtedly the change was mainly a product of contemporary conditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He's a ill-conditioned, wicious, bad-disposed porochial child that,' said Mr. Bumble angrily. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- An exceedingly ill-conditioned, levelling person. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We are not to be put in bodily fear, and that ill-conditioned fellow shall be held to bail again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was afterwards convinced (and so was Ada) that from the ill-conditioned eldest child, these words extorted a sharp yell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your doctrine, in short, depends on your purpose: a theory by itself is neither moral nor immoral, its value is conditioned by the purpose it serves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return, which he was again looking eagerly forward to. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In the second place, he opposed the prevalent feeling, because with many capacities of being otherwise, he was an ill-conditioned man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In this state Frank Churchill had found her, she trembling and conditioning, they loud and insolent. Jane Austen. Emma.
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