noun
A state or quality.
National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
A state or quality.
Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
A state or quality.
A man of his condition has no place to make requests.
[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.
A state or quality.
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.
A state or quality.
verb
To subject to the process of acclimation.
I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
Heat pumps condition the air on the first floor.
To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
To place conditions or limitations upon.
Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year.
To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.