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Condition

/kənˈdɪʃən/

A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

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📖 Definitions of "Condition"

noun

1
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2
A requirement or requisite.
"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."
3
A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
4
The health status of a medical patient.
"My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition."

verb

1
To subject to the process of acclimation.
"I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego."
2
To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
"They were conditioning their shins in their karate class."
3
To place conditions or limitations upon.
4
To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

🔄 Synonyms of "Condition"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
shapenoun	A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
disciplinenoun	A controlled behaviour; self-control.
checkverb	An inspection or examination.
circumstancenoun	Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
stipulateverb	(transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
trainnoun	Elongated or trailing portion.
considerationnoun	The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
stipulationnoun	The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
specifyverb	(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
termnoun	That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
statusnoun	A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
preconditionnoun	A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.
qualifyverb	To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
experimental conditionnoun	the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Condition"

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Word	Definition
specifyverb	(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
qualifynoun	(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
preconditionnoun	A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.
shapenoun	A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
considerationnoun	The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
circumstancenoun	Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
statusnoun	A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
stipulateverb	(transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
stipulationnoun	The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
disciplinenoun	A controlled behaviour; self-control.
termnoun	That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
trainnoun	Elongated or trailing portion.
checknoun	An inspection or examination.
experimental conditionnoun	the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
modalitynoun	(logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
conditionalnoun	Limited by a condition.
clausenoun	(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
premisenoun	A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
wordnoun	(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
phenomenonnoun	A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.