English noun: condition |
1. | condition (state) a state at a particular time |
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| Samples | A condition (or state) of disrepair. The current status of the arms negotiations.
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| Synonyms | status |
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| Broader (hypernym) | state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | absolution, ambiance, ambience, amyotonia, anchorage, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, astigmatism, astigmia, atmosphere, atonia, atonicity, atony, automation, brutalisation, brutalization, celibacy, circumstance, climate, comfort, comfortableness, condemnation, control, curvature, danger, dark, darkness, declination, decline, deification, demand, depilation, deshabille, despair, desperation, difficulty, discomfort, dishabille, disorder, disorderliness, diversification, diversity, dominance, dryness, ecological niche, economic condition, emptiness, encapsulation, ennoblement, environmental condition, exoneration, eye condition, facilitation, financial condition, frizz, fruition, fullness, guilt, guiltiness, hairlessness, health, homelessness, hopefulness, hospitalization, hyalinisation, hyalinization, identification, illumination, immunity, immunity, impaction, impropriety, improvement, impureness, impurity, iniquity, innocence, innocence, involvement, ionisation, ionization, irradiation, lactosuria, laxity, laxness, leakiness, light, lubrication, malady, mechanisation, mechanization, melioration, mental condition, mental state, mode, mood, motivation, mummification, muteness, mutism, nakedness, need, niche, noise conditions, nomination, normalcy, normality, nudeness, nudity, order, orderliness, participation, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, place, polarisation, polarization, position, prepossession, preservation, prognathism, protuberance, psychological condition, psychological state, pureness, pureness, purity, purity, regularisation, regularization, reinstatement, repair, resistance, rustication, rustiness, safety, sanitary condition, saturation, scandalisation, scandalization, serration, silence, sinlessness, situation, ski conditions, soundness, standardisation, standardization, stigmatism, submission, subservience, susceptibility, susceptibleness, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tilth, uncomfortableness, unsoundness, unsusceptibility, urbanisation, urbanization, vacuolation, vacuolisation, vacuolization, virginity, waterlessness, way, wetness, whiteness, wickedness, xerotes |
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2. | condition (communication) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
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| Synonyms | precondition, stipulation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | assumption, premise, premiss |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | boundary condition, provision, proviso |
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3. | condition (state) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing |
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| Samples | The human condition.
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| Broader (hypernym) | state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | amphidiploidy, circumstances, destiny, diploidy, fate, fortune, haploidy, heteroploidy, introversion, invagination, lot, luck, lysogenicity, lysogeny, mosaicism, ordinary, orphanage, orphanhood, polyploidy, portion, roots, social stratification, stigmatism, stratification, transsexualism |
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4. | condition (cognition) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision |
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| Samples | Another consideration is the time it would take.
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| Synonyms | circumstance, consideration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | information |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | justification, mitigating circumstance |
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5. | condition (state) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') |
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| Synonyms | shape |
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| Broader (hypernym) | good health, healthiness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fitness, physical fitness |
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6. | condition (state) an illness, disease, or other medical problem |
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| Samples | A heart condition. A skin condition.
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| Broader (hypernym) | illness, malady, sickness, unwellness |
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7. | condition (communication) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement |
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| Samples | The contract set out the conditions of the lease. The terms of the treaty were generous.
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| Synonyms | term |
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| Broader (hypernym) | statement |
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| Part meronym | agreement, understanding |
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| Domain usage | plural, plural form |
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8. | condition (cognition) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition |
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| Synonyms | experimental condition |
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| Broader (hypernym) | procedure, process |
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| Part meronym | experiment, experimentation |
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English verb: condition |
1. | condition (social) establish a conditioned response |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Broader (hypernym) | instruct, learn, teach |
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2. | condition (social) develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control |
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| Samples | Parents must discipline their children. Is this dog trained?.
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| Synonyms | check, discipline, train |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | develop, make grow |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | mortify |
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| Verb group | groom, prepare, train |
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3. | condition (communication) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement |
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| Samples | The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life. The contract stipulates the dates of the payments.
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| Synonyms | qualify, specify, stipulate |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Broader (hypernym) | contract, undertake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | provide |
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| Verb group | stipulate |
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4. | condition (change) put into a better state |
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| Samples | He conditions old cars.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | recondition |
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5. | condition (body) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny |
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| Samples | I condition my hair after washing it.
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| Examples | They condition their hair |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shampoo |
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