conditionnoun/kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

• 1

  A state or quality.

  • National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
  • The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
• 2

  A state or quality.

  • Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
  • Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
• 3

  obsoleteA state or quality.

  • 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.
• 4

  A state or quality.

  • 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.
• 5

  A state or quality.

  • 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.
• 6

  A requirement or prerequisite.

  • Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
  • The performance of managerial functions is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition of belonging to the capitalist class.
• 7

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

• 8

  lawA clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

conditionverb/kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

• 1

  To subject to the process of acclimation.

  • I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
  • Heat pumps condition the air on the first floor.
• 2

  To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

  • They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
• 3

  To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.

• 4

  To place conditions or limitations upon.

  • Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year.
• 5

  To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

  • The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
• 6

  To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.

  • 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.
• 7

  To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

  • [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.
• 8

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

  • divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed