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[ US /kənˈdɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kəndˈɪʃən/ ]
VERB
  1. apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
    I condition my hair after washing it
  2. 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
  3. 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?
  4. put into a better state
    he conditions old cars
  5. establish a conditioned response
NOUN
  1. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
  2. (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
  3. the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
  4. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
  5. a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
    the human condition
  6. an illness, disease, or other medical problem
    a skin condition
    a heart condition
  7. a state at a particular time
    the current status of the arms negotiations
    a condition (or state) of disrepair
  8. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
    another consideration is the time it would take
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How To Use condition In A Sentence

  • The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
  • Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
  • The language is out of condition: -- fat and fozy, thick-winded, purfled and plethoric. Famous Reviews
  • The causes of asthma are not fully known but it is partly an allergic condition.
  • Enlarged heart, medically called cardiomegaly, is not a disease, but a symptom of another condition. Foodconsumer.org
  • For Rosenstock-Huessy, the vocative is the condition of dialogue and hence the real condition of a new truth. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
  • Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
  • If an infant's condition is not as grave as was thought, he will live, and he can then be given optimal care if he has any handicaps.
  • Although there were additional conditions in the Heuer and Reisberg study the interesting comparison is between the arousal and neutral conditions.
  • To explicate this relation, Searle and Vanderveken define weak illocutionary commitment: S1 weakly illocutionarily implies S2 iff every performance of S1 commits an agent to meeting the conditions laid down in the septuple identical to S2 (1985, p. 24). Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla
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