condition

con•di•tion

[[t]kənˈdɪʃ ən[/t]] n.

1) a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances

2) med state of health:

a patient in critical condition[/ex]

3) fit or requisite state:

to be in no condition to run[/ex]

4) social position

5) a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance:

It can happen only under certain conditions[/ex]

6) a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite:

conditions of acceptance[/ex]

7) Usu., conditions. existing circumstances:

poor living conditions[/ex]

8) something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation:

I accept on one condition[/ex]

9) law

a) a stipulation that would alter an agreement should a specified event occur

b) the event itself

10) pat inf an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body:

heart condition; skin condition[/ex]

11) edu an academic grade that permits a student failing a course to earn credit for the course by later performance

12) gram.

protasis 1)

13) pho

antecedent 6)

14) to put in a fit or proper state

15) to accustom or inure:

to condition oneself to the cold[/ex]

16) to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition

17) to make (something) a condition

18) anb to establish a conditioned response in (a subject)

19) to apply a conditioner to

20) to make conditions

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Etymology: 1275–1325; MEcondicioun< AF; OF < L condiciō agreement, stipulation < condic-, condīcereto give notice, appoint (con-+dīcere to say) con•di′tion•a•ble, adj.