Condition

English Meaning

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

1. A mode or state of being: "The Organization Man survives as a modern classic because it captures a permanent part of our social condition” ( Robert J. Samuelson). See Synonyms at state.
2. A state of health.
3. A state of readiness or physical fitness.
4. A disease or physical ailment: a heart condition.
5. Social position; rank.
6. One that is indispensable to the appearance or occurrence of another; prerequisite: Compatibility is a condition of a successful marriage.
7. One that restricts or modifies another; a qualification.
8. Existing circumstances: Conditions in the office made concentration impossible.
9. Grammar The dependent clause of a conditional sentence; protasis.
10. Logic A proposition on which another proposition depends; the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
11. Law A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.
12. Law The event itself.
13. An unsatisfactory grade given to a student, serving notice that deficiencies can be made up by the completion of additional work.
14. Obsolete Disposition; temperament.
15. To make dependent on a condition or conditions.
16. To stipulate as a condition.
17. To render fit for work or use.
18. To accustom (oneself or another) to; adapt: had to condition herself to long hours of hard work; conditioned the troops to marches at high altitudes.
19. To air-condition.
20. To give the unsatisfactory grade of condition to.
21. Psychology To cause an organism to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.
22. To replace moisture or oils in (hair, for example) by use of a therapeutic product.