condition en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. An unetymological change in spelling due to a confusion with conditio. Displaced native Old English hād (“state, condition”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A state or quality.
A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 48:National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
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(countable, uncountable) A state or quality. ▸ A particular state of being.
Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.
Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A state or quality. ▸ The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
[T]his Zeal was now inflamed by Lady Bellaſton, who had told her the preceding Evening, that ſhe was well ſatiſfied from the Conduct of Sophia, and from her Carriage to his Lordſhip, that all Delays would be dangerous, and that the only Way to ſucceed, was to preſs the Match forward with ſuch Rapidity, that the young Lady ſhould have no Time to reflect, and be obliged to conſent while ſhe ſcarce knew what ſhe did. In which Manner, ſhe ſaid, one half of the Marriages among People of Condition were brought about.
1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing Various Matters”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume VI, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 142:A man of his condition has no place to make requests.
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(countable, uncountable) A state or quality. ▸ The health status of a medical patient.
My aunt couldn’t walk up the stairs in her condition.
If the visual attention sequence of children with autism and TD children varied depending on the condition, we could argue that the inclusion of objects in the environment influences the visual attention patterns of both groups.
2024 November 15, Işık Akın Bülbül, Selda Özdemir, “Evaluation of the Social Attention Hypothesis: Do Children with Autism Prefer to See Objects Rather than People?”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
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(countable, uncountable) A state or quality. ▸ The health status of a medical patient. ▸ A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
While the defense lawyers have likened the condition to the post traumatic stress disorders afflicting war veterans and battered women, which have been used in other insanity defense cases, they have said that they know of no previous trials when a "black rage" defense has been raised.
1997 April 7, Jonathan Rabinovitz, “Hearing Held on Bid to Repress Lawyers in Murder Case”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2014:
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(countable, uncountable) A requirement or prerequisite.
Ah, no inhibitions Make no conditions Get a little outta line I ain't gonna act Politically correct I only wanna have a good time
1997, Shania Twain, Mutt Lange, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, in Come On Over, performed by Shania Twain:The performance of managerial functions is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition of belonging to the capitalist class.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 353:Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.
- (countable, uncountable) A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- (countable, uncountable) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conditions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
condition of carriage (may include some hyponyms too) · condition precedent (may include some hyponyms too) · postcondition (may include some hyponyms too) · in ballast condition (may include some hyponyms too) · pre-existing condition (may include some hyponyms too) · multicondition (may include some hyponyms too) · fee simple subject to condition subsequent (may include some hyponyms too) · win condition (may include some hyponyms too) · subcondition (may include some hyponyms too) · boundary condition (may include some hyponyms too) · decondition (may include some hyponyms too) · precondition (may include some hyponyms too) · Robin boundary condition (may include some hyponyms too) · initial condition (may include some hyponyms too) · medical condition (may include some hyponyms too) · miscondition (may include some hyponyms too) · loss condition (may include some hyponyms too) · bollard condition (may include some hyponyms too) · malcondition (may include some hyponyms too) · preexisting condition (may include some hyponyms too) · conditionable (may include some hyponyms too) · macrocondition (may include some hyponyms too) · race condition (may include some hyponyms too) · on condition that (may include some hyponyms too) · transversality condition (may include some hyponyms too) · Yoda condition (may include some hyponyms too) · Sakharov condition (may include some hyponyms too) · uncondition (may include some hyponyms too) · chronic condition (may include some hyponyms too) · conditionly (may include some hyponyms too) · suspensive condition (may include some hyponyms too) · conditionability (may include some hyponyms too) · critical condition (may include some hyponyms too) · metacondition (may include some hyponyms too) · condition subsequent (may include some hyponyms too) · out of condition (may include some hyponyms too) · DEFCON (may include some hyponyms too) · conditional (may include some hyponyms too) · condition number (may include some hyponyms too) · statement of condition (may include some hyponyms too) · on condition (may include some hyponyms too) · overcondition (may include some hyponyms too) · Lipschitz condition (may include some hyponyms too) · post-COVID-19 condition (may include some hyponyms too) · victory condition (may include some hyponyms too) · in condition (may include some hyponyms too) · cryocondition (may include some hyponyms too) · countercondition (may include some hyponyms too)
Hyponyms
necessary condition · autism spectrum condition · descending chain condition · precondition · ascending chain condition · human condition · underlying condition · Marshall-Lerner condition · mint condition · interesting condition · sufficient condition
Synonyms
fettle · fettle · way · way · way · way · requisite (requirement) · necessity (requirement) · way
Translations (375)
bn শর্ত (logical clause or phrase) · az şərt (logical clause or phrase) · ko 컨디션 (health status of a patient) · id syarat (requirement or requisite) · el κατάσταση (state of an object) · fi tila (state of an object) · gd cor (health status of a patient) · sh úvjet (requirement or requisite) · de Kondition (logical clause or phrase) · sv förutsättning (requirement or requisite) · pl kondycja (state of an object) · id kondisi (health status of a patient) · ur حالَت (health status of a patient) · fa-ira وَضْعِیَت (state of an object) · sv tillstånd (health status of a patient) · ang steall (state of an object) · tg ҳолат (health status of a patient) · kmr şert (logical clause or phrase) · kk жағдай (logical clause or phrase) · hi हालत (state of an object) · ga dóigh (state of an object) · fi kondis (state of an object) · fa-ira شَرْط (logical clause or phrase) · ms syarat (logical clause or phrase) · id kondisi (logical clause or phrase) · sip སྐུ་ཁམས (state of an object) · la status (health status of a patient) · oc condicion (state of an object) · hy վիճակ (health status of a patient) · vi điều kiện (requirement or requisite) · el όρος (clause in a contract or agreement) · he תְּנַאי (logical clause or phrase) · hu állapot (a particular state of being) · id keadaan (state of an object) · pl warunek (requirement or requisite) · it condizione (logical clause or phrase) · hy վիճակ (state of an object) · cs stav (state of an object) · es condición (health status of a patient) · da bekostning (logical clause or phrase) · ro stare (a particular state of being) · nl voorwaarde (requirement or requisite) · ur حالَت (state of an object) · hu elégtelenség (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · mr स्थिती (state of an object) · mt kundizzjoni (health status of a patient) · fi vaatimus (requirement or requisite) · it condizione (state of an object) · sl stanje (health status of a patient) · ja 状態 (health status of a patient) · yue 條件 /条件 (logical clause or phrase) · izh uslovia (requirement or requisite) · de Bedingung (logical clause or phrase) · yi תּנאַי (requirement or requisite) · hu panasz (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · fi sairaus (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · be стан (state of an object) · eo kondiĉo (logical clause or phrase) · io stando (state of an object) · rm cundiziun (logical clause or phrase) · fi happi (humoristic) (state of an object) · hu megbetegedés (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · mr स्थिती (health status of a patient) · uk стано́вище (state of an object) · sq gjendje (state of an object) · be стан (health status of a patient) · hu kondíció (health status of a patient) · kk шарт (logical clause or phrase) · nb vilkår (clause in a contract or agreement) · es situación (health status of a patient) · hy պայման (requirement or requisite) · ur شَرْط (logical clause or phrase) · bcl kamugtakan (health status of a patient) · lv apstāklis (health status of a patient) · uk стан (health status of a patient) · az şərt (clause in a contract or agreement) · ca condició (health status of a patient) · ug ھالەت (state of an object) · ru усло́вие (clause in a contract or agreement) · tr şart (requirement or requisite) · bg състоя́ние (health status of a patient) · eo stato (health status of a patient) · sv kondition (health status of a patient) · tr şart (logical clause or phrase) · sh у́вјет (requirement or requisite) · be умо́ва (logical clause or phrase) · tr koşul (logical clause or phrase) · de schlechter Zustand (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · ota وضعیت (state of an object) · fi kunto (e.g. jalka on huonossa kunnossa) (state of an object) · lt būklė (health status of a patient) · ja 状態 (state of an object) · mi āhuatanga (logical clause or phrase) · de Kondition (clause in a contract or agreement) · ps شرط (logical clause or phrase) · tr durum (health status of a patient) · hu kikötés (clause in a contract or agreement) · ru состоя́ние (health status of a patient) · mk состојба (state of an object) · rm cundiziun (state of an object) · sh у́вет (logical clause or phrase) · id keadaan (health status of a patient) · tk ýagdaý (logical clause or phrase) · da tilstand (state of an object) · tk ýagdaýy (state of an object) · de Bedingung (requirement or requisite) · ja コンディション (health status of a patient) · id kondisi (requirement or requisite) · es condición (logical clause or phrase) · da betingelse (logical clause or phrase) · sa अवस्था (health status of a patient) · sh у́слов (logical clause or phrase) · mnc ᡥᠠᠴᡳᠰᡠ (requirement or requisite) · az vəziyyət (state of an object) · uz holat (state of an object) · kk жағдай (state of an object) · ga dóigh (health status of a patient) · ota شرط (clause in a contract or agreement) · de Bedingung (clause in a contract or agreement) · uk умо́ва (clause in a contract or agreement) · ga caoi (health status of a patient) · pt condição (health status of a patient) · el όρος (logical clause or phrase) · sh stánje (health status of a patient) · nl conditie (clause in a contract or agreement) · mn нөхцөл (requirement or requisite) · fi tila (health status of a patient) · cmn 狀態 /状态 (state of an object) · ca condició (logical clause or phrase) · ar شَرْط (logical clause or phrase) · sl pogoj (requirement or requisite) · ar حَال (health status of a patient) · fr condition (requirement or requisite) · ba хәл (health status of a patient) · ga bail (health status of a patient) · hu körülmény (state of an object) · nb betingelse (logical clause or phrase) · ro stare (health status of a patient) · pl kondycja (health status of a patient) · ko 조건 (requirement or requisite) · de Kondition (health status of a patient) · fa-ira شَرْط (requirement or requisite) · yue 狀態 /状态 (state of an object) · fr condition (logical clause or phrase) · my အခြေအနေ (health status of a patient) · pt condição (logical clause or phrase) · ru положе́ние (health status of a patient) · hu feltétel (clause in a contract or agreement) · uk умо́ва (requirement or requisite) · fi edellytys (requirement or requisite) · bg усло́вие (logical clause or phrase) · az hal (health status of a patient) · el κατάσταση (health status of a patient) · gl condición (state of an object) · cy amod (clause in a contract or agreement) · ru усло́вие (requirement or requisite) · nl toestand (state of an object) · tr hâl (health status of a patient) · mt kundizzjoni (state of an object) · pl stan (health status of a patient) · cs kondice (health status of a patient) · te పరిస్థితి (logical clause or phrase) · cmn 條件 /条件 (logical clause or phrase) · cmn 病情 (health status of a patient) · la lēx (clause in a contract or agreement) · mn байдал (state of an object) · ga caoi (state of an object) · vi bệnh trạng (health status of a patient) · fi kondis (health status of a patient) · gl condición (requirement or requisite) · nl conditie (logical clause or phrase) · fi vaade (requirement or requisite) · eo stato (state of an object) · ar وَضْع (state of an object) · vi điều kiện (logical clause or phrase) · gl condición (a particular state of being) · ka პირობა (logical clause or phrase) · fi olo (health status of a patient) · ro condiție (health status of a patient) · az halət (state of an object) · vi trạng thái (state of an object) · tg талабот (logical clause or phrase) · yue 條件 /条件 (requirement or requisite) · te పరిస్థితి (health status of a patient) · pl stan (state of an object) · cmn 條件 /条件 (requirement or requisite) · de Verfassung (health status of a patient) · ro condiție (logical clause or phrase) · fa-ira حال (state of an object) · sk podmienka (logical clause or phrase) · sh úvet (logical clause or phrase) · ca malaltia (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · ro condiție (requirement or requisite) · nb tilstand (health status of a patient) · nb vilkår (logical clause or phrase) · sq kusht (logical clause or phrase) · hu viszony (state of an object) · la status (state of an object) · hu előfeltétel (requirement or requisite) · fi ehto (clause in a contract or agreement) · lt sąlyga (logical clause or phrase) · kk ахуал (state of an object) · th สภาพ (health status of a patient) · la habitus (state of an object) · gl condición (health status of a patient) · id kondisi (state of an object) · th ภาวะ (state of an object) · cmn 狀態 /状态 (health status of a patient) · hu rendellenesség (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · hu probléma (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · de Zustand (health status of a patient) · ky шарт (logical clause or phrase) · sh у́слов (requirement or requisite) · kk күй (state of an object) · nb forutsetning (requirement or requisite) · ba хәл (state of an object) · ps حالت (state of an object) · ja 条件 (logical clause or phrase) · sv kondition (state of an object) · nn kondisjon (health status of a patient) · hu feltétel (logical clause or phrase) · gl condición (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · be умо́ва (requirement or requisite) · tr hâl (state of an object) · hu követelmény (requirement or requisite) · ckb حاڵ (health status of a patient) · grc ἕξις (health status of a patient) · ko 상태 (health status of a patient) · km កត្តា (logical clause or phrase) · fr condition (health status of a patient) · pt condição (requirement or requisite) · ms keadaan (state of an object) · ota پرهسه (state of an object) · de Beschaffenheit (state of an object) · be стано́вішча (state of an object) · it condizione (requirement or requisite) · mn нөхцөл (logical clause or phrase) · sk stav (health status of a patient) · nl conditie (health status of a patient) · uz ahvol (health status of a patient) · lv noteikums (logical clause or phrase) · sh ста́ње (state of an object) · sh у́вјет (logical clause or phrase) · pdt Schekjsol (health status of a patient) · sv villkor (clause in a contract or agreement) · lus dinhmun (state of an object) · la conditio (logical clause or phrase) · fi ehto (logical clause or phrase) · fi edellytys (logical clause or phrase) · om haala (requirement or requisite) · sh úvjet (logical clause or phrase) · ba шарт (logical clause or phrase) · ro premisă (requirement or requisite) · sk stav (state of an object) · be умо́ва (clause in a contract or agreement) · hu feltétel (requirement or requisite) · th กติกา (logical clause or phrase) · ca condició (requirement or requisite) · cs stav (health status of a patient) · sl stanje (state of an object) · cs podmínka (logical clause or phrase) · fi edellytys (clause in a contract or agreement) · pt condição (state of an object) · uk стан (state of an object) · pdt Schekjsol (state of an object) · ka მდგომარეობა (state of an object) · nb vilkår (requirement or requisite) · th สภาพ (state of an object) · mn нөхцөл (clause in a contract or agreement) · hi हालत (health status of a patient) · tk şert (logical clause or phrase) · de Zustand (a particular state of being) · el προϋπόθεση (requirement or requisite) · ru положе́ние (state of an object) · ota شرط (logical clause or phrase) · id syarat (clause in a contract or agreement) · uz shart (logical clause or phrase) · sh у́вет (requirement or requisite) · rm cundiziun (requirement or requisite) · sh úslov (requirement or requisite) · ug ئەھۋال (health status of a patient) · ru усло́вие (logical clause or phrase) · mk у́слов (logical clause or phrase) · vi tình trạng sức khoẻ (health status of a patient) · uz holat (health status of a patient) · it condizione (health status of a patient) · sh úslov (logical clause or phrase) · sh stánje (state of an object) · ky абал (state of an object) · az şərt (requirement or requisite) · ca condició (state of an object) · fa-ira حالَت (state of an object) · te స్థితి (logical clause or phrase) · ca problema (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · gd cor (state of an object) · yue 狀態 /状态 (health status of a patient) · hu betegség (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · nb tilstand (state of an object) · ckb شەرت (logical clause or phrase) · sv tillstånd (state of an object) · es condición (requirement or requisite) · ar حَالَة (health status of a patient) · sl pogoj (logical clause or phrase) · pl warunek (state of an object) · bg състоя́ние (state of an object) · yi טנייַ (logical clause or phrase) · de Befinden (health status of a patient) · vi bệnh tình (health status of a patient) · cy amod (requirement or requisite) · sh úvet (requirement or requisite) · sv villkor (requirement or requisite) · ga coinníoll (clause in a contract or agreement) · ga coinníoll (requirement or requisite) · uk умо́ва (logical clause or phrase) · rif rḥar (health status of a patient) · de Voraussetzung (requirement or requisite) · hi शर्त (logical clause or phrase) · te స్థితి (state of an object) · th เงื่อนไข (logical clause or phrase) · ta நிலை (state of an object) · ar حَالَة (state of an object) · ota شرط (requirement or requisite) · tr şart (clause in a contract or agreement) · bg усло́вие (requirement or requisite) · ja 条件 (requirement or requisite) · ro condiție (state of an object) · sh ста́ње (health status of a patient) · ur شَرْط (requirement or requisite) · nb kondisjon (health status of a patient) · gl condición (logical clause or phrase) · mt kundizzjoni (logical clause or phrase) · nn tilstand (health status of a patient) · fi ehto (requirement or requisite) · tr koşul (clause in a contract or agreement) · uk стано́вище (health status of a patient) · gd cor (logical clause or phrase) · sv villkor (logical clause or phrase) · ko 조건 (logical clause or phrase) · ru состоя́ние (state of an object) · ota بال (state of an object) · et tingimus (logical clause or phrase) · fa-ira حال (health status of a patient) · sa अवस्था (state of an object) · pl warunek (logical clause or phrase) · ga bail (state of an object) · bg усло́вие (clause in a contract or agreement) · gd càradh (state of an object) · tg ҳолат (state of an object) · fi huono terveydentila (abnormal state of health; malady or sickness) · ko 상태 (state of an object) · ug شەرت (logical clause or phrase) · ug ھال (health status of a patient) · de Zustand (state of an object) · la condiciō (clause in a contract or agreement) · mk со́стојба (health status of a patient) · ba торош (state of an object) · hu állapot (state of an object) · fi vointi (health status of a patient) · uz ahvol (state of an object) · tg шарт (logical clause or phrase) · oc condicion (requirement or requisite) · tr durum (state of an object) · tt шарт (logical clause or phrase) · ps حالت (health status of a patient) · hu állapot (health status of a patient) · hy պայման (logical clause or phrase) · hu kondíció (clause in a contract or agreement) · rm cundiziun (health status of a patient) · lo ກະຕິກາ (logical clause or phrase) · he תְּנַאי (requirement or requisite) · be стано́вішча (health status of a patient) · fa-ira حالَت (health status of a patient) · grc ἕξις (state of an object) · bcl kamugtakan (state of an object) · so xaal (requirement or requisite)