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Definition of Condition
1. Noun. A state at a particular time. "The current status of the arms negotiations"
Exact synonyms: Status
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Diversity, Anchorage, Health, Mode, Ecological Niche, Niche, Noise Conditions, Involvement, Participation, Prepossession, Regularisation, Regularization, Saturation, Silence, Position, Situation, Ski Conditions, Nomination, Standardisation, Standardization, Stigmatism, Astigmatism, Astigmia, Way, Circumstance, Homelessness, Reinstatement, Place, Celibacy, Virginity, Innocence, Innocence, Pureness, Purity, Sinlessness, Whiteness, Guilt, Guiltiness, Encapsulation, Polarisation, Polarization, Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State, Hyalinisation, Hyalinization, Vacuolation, Vacuolisation, Vacuolization, Protuberance, Curvature, Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State, Difficulty, Improvement, Melioration, Declination, Decline, Ennoblement, Ascendance, Ascendancy, Ascendence, Ascendency, Control, Dominance, Comfort, Comfortableness, Discomfort, Uncomfortableness, Demand, Need, Fullness, Emptiness, Nakedness, Nudeness, Nudity, Depilation, Hairlessness, Deshabille, Dishabille, Hopefulness, Despair, Desperation, Pureness, Purity, Impureness, Impurity, Financial Condition, Economic Condition, Sanitary Condition, Tilth, Order, Orderliness, Disorder, Disorderliness, Normalcy, Normality, Lactosuria, Environmental Condition, Climate, Mood, Ambiance, Ambience, Atmosphere, Immunity, Unsusceptibility, Immunity, Resistance, Subservience, Susceptibility, Susceptibleness, Wetness, Dryness, Waterlessness, Xerotes, Safety, Danger, Tautness, Tenseness, Tension, Tensity, Amyotonia, Atonia, Atonicity, Atony, Laxity, Laxness, Repair, Soundness, Muteness, Mutism, Eye Condition, Unsoundness, Impropriety, Dark, Darkness, Iniquity, Wickedness, Illumination, Light, Malady, Serration, Absolution, Automation, Brutalisation, Brutalization, Condemnation, Deification, Diversification, Exoneration, Facilitation, Frizz, Fruition, Hospitalization, Identification, Impaction, Ionisation, Ionization, Irradiation, Leakiness, Lubrication, Mechanisation, Mechanization, Motivation, Mummification, Preservation, Prognathism, Rustication, Rustiness, Scandalisation, Scandalization, Submission, Urbanisation, Urbanization
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Diversity, Anchorage, Health, Mode, Ecological Niche, Niche, Noise Conditions, Involvement, Participation, Prepossession, Regularisation, Regularization, Saturation, Silence, Position, Situation, Ski Conditions, Nomination, Standardisation, Standardization, Stigmatism, Astigmatism, Astigmia, Way, Circumstance, Homelessness, Reinstatement, Place, Celibacy, Virginity, Innocence, Innocence, Pureness, Purity, Sinlessness, Whiteness, Guilt, Guiltiness, Encapsulation, Polarisation, Polarization, Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State, Hyalinisation, Hyalinization, Vacuolation, Vacuolisation, Vacuolization, Protuberance, Curvature, Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State, Difficulty, Improvement, Melioration, Declination, Decline, Ennoblement, Ascendance, Ascendancy, Ascendence, Ascendency, Control, Dominance, Comfort, Comfortableness, Discomfort, Uncomfortableness, Demand, Need, Fullness, Emptiness, Nakedness, Nudeness, Nudity, Depilation, Hairlessness, Deshabille, Dishabille, Hopefulness, Despair, Desperation, Pureness, Purity, Impureness, Impurity, Financial Condition, Economic Condition, Sanitary Condition, Tilth, Order, Orderliness, Disorder, Disorderliness, Normalcy, Normality, Lactosuria, Environmental Condition, Climate, Mood, Ambiance, Ambience, Atmosphere, Immunity, Unsusceptibility, Immunity, Resistance, Subservience, Susceptibility, Susceptibleness, Wetness, Dryness, Waterlessness, Xerotes, Safety, Danger, Tautness, Tenseness, Tension, Tensity, Amyotonia, Atonia, Atonicity, Atony, Laxity, Laxness, Repair, Soundness, Muteness, Mutism, Eye Condition, Unsoundness, Impropriety, Dark, Darkness, Iniquity, Wickedness, Illumination, Light, Malady, Serration, Absolution, Automation, Brutalisation, Brutalization, Condemnation, Deification, Diversification, Exoneration, Facilitation, Frizz, Fruition, Hospitalization, Identification, Impaction, Ionisation, Ionization, Irradiation, Leakiness, Lubrication, Mechanisation, Mechanization, Motivation, Mummification, Preservation, Prognathism, Rustication, Rustiness, Scandalisation, Scandalization, Submission, Urbanisation, Urbanization
2. Verb. Establish a conditioned response.
3. Noun. An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else.
Exact synonyms: Precondition, Stipulation
Generic synonyms: Assumption, Premise, Premiss
Specialized synonyms: Boundary Condition, Provision, Proviso
Generic synonyms: Assumption, Premise, Premiss
Specialized synonyms: Boundary Condition, Provision, Proviso
4. Verb. Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control. "Is this dog trained?"
Exact synonyms: Check, Discipline, Train
Generic synonyms: Develop, Make Grow
Specialized synonyms: Mortify
Related verbs: Groom, Prepare, Train
Derivative terms: Check, Conditioner, Discipline, Trainee
Generic synonyms: Develop, Make Grow
Specialized synonyms: Mortify
Related verbs: Groom, Prepare, Train
Derivative terms: Check, Conditioner, Discipline, Trainee
5. Noun. A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing. "The human condition"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Social Stratification, Stratification, Ordinary, Introversion, Invagination, Roots, Lysogenicity, Lysogeny, Circumstances, Destiny, Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion, Amphidiploidy, Diploidy, Haploidy, Heteroploidy, Polyploidy, Mosaicism, Orphanage, Orphanhood, Stigmatism, Transsexualism
Specialized synonyms: Social Stratification, Stratification, Ordinary, Introversion, Invagination, Roots, Lysogenicity, Lysogeny, Circumstances, Destiny, Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion, Amphidiploidy, Diploidy, Haploidy, Heteroploidy, Polyploidy, Mosaicism, Orphanage, Orphanhood, Stigmatism, Transsexualism
6. Verb. Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
Exact synonyms: Qualify, Specify, Stipulate
Generic synonyms: Contract, Undertake
Related verbs: Stipulate
Specialized synonyms: Provide
Derivative terms: Qualification, Specification, Specification, Stipulation, Stipulatory
Generic synonyms: Contract, Undertake
Related verbs: Stipulate
Specialized synonyms: Provide
Derivative terms: Qualification, Specification, Specification, Stipulation, Stipulatory
7. Noun. Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. "Another consideration is the time it would take"
Exact synonyms: Circumstance, Consideration
Generic synonyms: Information
Specialized synonyms: Justification, Mitigating Circumstance
Derivative terms: Consider, Consider, Consider
Generic synonyms: Information
Specialized synonyms: Justification, Mitigating Circumstance
Derivative terms: Consider, Consider, Consider
8. Verb. Put into a better state. "He conditions old cars"
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Specialized synonyms: Recondition
Derivative terms: Conditioner
Specialized synonyms: Recondition
Derivative terms: Conditioner
9. Noun. The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape').
Exact synonyms: Shape
Generic synonyms: Good Health, Healthiness
Specialized synonyms: Fitness, Physical Fitness
Generic synonyms: Good Health, Healthiness
Specialized synonyms: Fitness, Physical Fitness
10. Verb. Apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny. "They condition their hair "; "I condition my hair after washing it"
11. Noun. An illness, disease, or other medical problem. "A skin condition"
12. Noun. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement. "The terms of the treaty were generous"
Exact synonyms: Term
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Statement
Group relationships: Agreement, Understanding
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Statement
Group relationships: Agreement, Understanding
13. Noun. The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition.
Exact synonyms: Experimental Condition
Group relationships: Experiment, Experimentation
Generic synonyms: Procedure, Process
Group relationships: Experiment, Experimentation
Generic synonyms: Procedure, Process
Definition of Condition
1. 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.
2. v. i. To make terms; to stipulate.
3. v. t. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
Definition of Condition
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Condition
1. A mode or state of being, the state of being fit: the physical status of the body as a whole or of one of its parts usually used to indicate abnormality. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condition
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