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Conditions   /kəndˈɪʃənz/   Listen
Conditions

noun
1.
The prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process.
2.
The set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare.  "Harsh living conditions"
3.
The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.  Synonyms: atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition.  "Every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception" , "The conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"


Condition

noun
1.
A state at a particular time.  Synonym: status.  "The current status of the arms negotiations"
2.
An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else.  Synonyms: precondition, stipulation.
3.
A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.
4.
Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision.  Synonyms: circumstance, consideration.
5.
The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape').  Synonym: shape.
6.
An illness, disease, or other medical problem.  "A skin condition"
7.
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement.  Synonym: term.  "The terms of the treaty were generous"
8.
The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition.  Synonym: experimental condition.
verb
(past & past part. conditioned; pres. part. conditioning)
1.
Establish a conditioned response.
2.
Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control.  Synonyms: check, discipline, train.  "Is this dog trained?"
3.
Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.  Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate.  "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
4.
Put into a better state.
5.
Apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny.



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"Conditions" Quotes from Famous Books



... extending far towards the Equator. Cook's voyage made it clear that if there were any considerable mass of Antarctic land, it must indubitably lie within the Antarctic Circle, and be subjected to such stringent climatic conditions as to render it ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson
... rather than to go home again on Grandpa Dinsmore's conditions," Lulu said with a frown, and with that the ...
— The Two Elsies - A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket, Book 10 • Martha Finley
... they were looked up to with about the same veneration as are the heroes of the Civil War to-day. It was at a time when the younger generation was beginning to acquire a thirst for knowledge, but it was not easily obtained under the peculiar conditions existing at that period. A school district that was able to support a school for six months in each year was indeed considered fortunate, but even in these the older children were not permitted to attend during the summer months, as their services were ...
— Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul • Frank Moore
... among them Matt Peasley. He had never been seasick before and he was ashamed of himself now, notwithstanding the fact that he knew even the hardiest old seadogs are not proof against mal-de-mer under certain extraordinary conditions. Captain Kjellin, coming up on the bridge during Matt's watch, found the latter doing the most unseamanlike thing imaginable. Caught in a paroxysm at the weather end of the bridge, Matt, in his agony, was patronizing the weather rail! The captain heard ...
— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne
... new navy are being manufactured, there are inspectors who look after the government's interests. Officers of the navy are detailed for this work, and their duty is to watch the manufacture of plates through each part of the process and to see that the conditions of the specifications and contract are ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 • Various


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