condition
condition is a 9-letter English word with 25 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. Essential quality; property; attribute.
- noun. Temperament; disposition; character.
- noun. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.
- noun. A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.
- intransitive verb. To make terms; to stipulate.
- intransitive verb. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
- noun. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
- noun. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- noun. 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; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.
- noun. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- noun. train; acclimate.
- noun. the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- noun. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
"another consideration is the time it would take"
- noun. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- noun. (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"
- noun. a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
"the human condition"
- noun. a state at a particular time
"a condition (or state) of disrepair"
"the current status of the arms negotiations"
- noun. an illness, disease, or other medical problem
"a heart condition"
"a skin condition"
- noun. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
- verb. apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
"I condition my hair after washing it"
- verb. put into a better state
"he conditions old cars"
- verb. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"
"The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
- verb. develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must discipline their children"
"Is this dog trained?"
- verb. establish a conditioned response
Synonyms
circumstance, consideration, precondition, stipulation, term, status, shape, qualify, specify, stipulate, check, discipline, train
Common word forms
conditions, conditional, conditioned, conditioner, conditioning, conditionable
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