condition
1. a state at a particular time (Freq. 72)
- a condition (or state) of disrepair
- the current status of the arms negotiations
• Syn:
status
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
diversity, anchorage, health, mode, niche,
ecological niche, noise conditions, participation, involvement, prepossession, regularization,
regularisation, saturation, silence, situation, position, ski conditions,
nomination, standardization, standardisation, stigmatism, astigmatism, astigmia,
way, circumstance, homelessness, reinstatement, place, celibacy,
virginity, innocence, purity, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness,
guilt, guiltiness, encapsulation, polarization, polarisation, physical condition,
physiological state, physiological condition, hyalinization, hyalinisation, vacuolization, vacuolisation,
vacuolation, protuberance, curvature, psychological state, psychological condition, mental state,
mental condition, difficulty, improvement, melioration, decline, declination,
ennoblement, dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency,
control, comfort, comfortableness, discomfort, uncomfortableness, need,
demand, fullness, emptiness, nakedness, nudity, nudeness,
hairlessness, depilation, dishabille, deshabille, hopefulness, despair,
desperation, impurity, impureness, financial condition, economic condition, sanitary condition,
tilth, orderliness, order, disorderliness, disorder, normality,
normalcy, lactosuria, environmental condition, climate, mood, atmosphere,
ambiance, ambience, unsusceptibility, immunity, resistance, subservience,
susceptibility, susceptibleness, wetness, dryness, waterlessness, xerotes,
safety, danger, tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness,
atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia, laxness, laxity,
repair, soundness, mutism, muteness, eye condition, unsoundness,
impropriety, iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark, light,
illumination, malady, serration, absolution, automation, brutalization,
brutalisation, condemnation, deification, diversification, exoneration, facilitation,
frizz, fruition, hospitalization, identification, impaction, ionization,
ionisation, irradiation, leakiness, lubrication, mechanization, mechanisation,
motivation, mummification, preservation, prognathism, rustication, rustiness,
scandalization, scandalisation, submission, urbanization, urbanisation
2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else (Freq. 12)
• Syn:
precondition, stipulation
• Hypernyms:
premise, premiss, assumption
• Hyponyms:
boundary condition, provision, proviso
3. a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing (Freq. 2)
- the human condition
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
stratification, social stratification, ordinary, invagination, introversion,
roots, lysogeny, lysogenicity, fortune, destiny, fate,
luck, lot, circumstances, portion, amphidiploidy, diploidy,
haploidy, heteroploidy, polyploidy, mosaicism, orphanage, orphanhood,
stigmatism, transsexualism
4. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision (Freq. 1)
- another consideration is the time it would take
• Syn:
circumstance, consideration
• Derivationally related forms:
consider (for: consideration)
• Hypernyms:
information
• Hyponyms:
justification, mitigating circumstance
5. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape')
• Syn:
shape
• Hypernyms:
good health, healthiness
• Hyponyms:
fitness, physical fitness
6. an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- a heart condition
- a skin condition
• Hypernyms:
illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
7. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- the contract set out the conditions of the lease
- the terms of the treaty were generous
• Syn:
term
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
statement
• Part Holonyms:
agreement, understanding
8. the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
• Syn:
experimental condition
• Hypernyms:
procedure, process
• Part Holonyms:
experiment, experimentation
1. establish a conditioned response (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
conditioning
• Hypernyms:
teach, learn, instruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
2. develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice;
especially to teach self-control (Freq. 1)
- Parents must discipline their children
- Is this dog trained?
• Syn:
discipline, train, check
• Derivationally related forms:
conditioner, check (for: check), trainee (for: train), discipline (for: discipline)
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Hyponyms:
mortify
• Verb Group:
prepare, groom, train
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement;
make an express demand or provision in an agreement (Freq. 1)
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
• Syn:
stipulate, qualify, specify
• Derivationally related forms:
specification (for: specify), qualification (for: qualify), stipulatory (for: stipulate), stipulation (for: stipulate)
• Hypernyms:
contract, undertake
• Hyponyms:
provide
• Verb Group:
stipulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. put into a better state
- he conditions old cars
• Derivationally related forms:
conditioner
• Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
• Hyponyms:
recondition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- I condition my hair after washing it
• Derivationally related forms:
conditioner
• Hypernyms:
shampoo
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They condition their hair
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