condition

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A state or quality.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state or quality.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A state or quality.
4. (countable, uncountable) A state or quality.
5. (countable, uncountable) A state or quality.
6. (countable, uncountable) A requirement.
7. (countable, uncountable) A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
8. (countable, uncountable) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

Verb

1. To subject to the process of acclimation.
2. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
3. To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
4. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
5. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
6. (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
7. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
8. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
9. (US, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
10. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Synonyms

state

situation

status

stipulation

position

circumstances

circumstance

term

requirement

provision

terms

prerequisite

standing

qualification

plight

stipulate

case

quality

manner

train

🚋

precondition

form

discipline

place

clause

health

⚕️

proviso

predicament

state of health

limitation

disposition

rule

restriction

rank

appearance

regulation

order

nature

check

character

agreement

shape

conditions

reason

qualify

symptom

premise

estate

convenience

experimental condition

Translations

condition

Zustand

condizione

condición

Bedingung

état

situation

condició

condição

toestand

κατάσταση

situatie

conditie

voorwaarde

Kondition

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈdɪʃn̩/

Etymology

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.