n.
- the state of something or someone, with regard to appearance, fitness, or working order.
▸an illness or medical problem.
▸archaic social position.
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(conditions)
circumstances affecting the functioning or existence of something.
- a state of affairs that must exist before something else is possible.
v.
- have a significant influence on.
▸train or accustom to behave in a certain way.
▸
[as adj. conditioned]
relating to or denoting automatic responses established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.
- bring into the desired state for use.
▸
[often as adj. conditioned]
make fit and healthy.
- apply conditioner to (the hair).
- set prior requirements on (something) before it can occur.
Phrase
- in
(or out of)
condition
in a fit (or unfit) physical state. - on condition that
with the stipulation that.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. condicion (n.), condicionner (v.), from L. condicio(n-) ‘agreement’, from condicere ‘agree upon’, from con- ‘with’ + dicere ‘say’.