Condition

Quick meaning: Condition is a noun meaning A state or quality.

Meaning

A state or quality.

More Meanings

1. A requirement.
2. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
3. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
4. To subject to the process of acclimation.
5. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
6. To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
7. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.

Example Sentences

Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.

What other planets might have the right conditions for life?

I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.

National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.

Word Forms

• conditions
• conditioning
• conditioned

Synonyms for condition

Depending on context, synonyms include requisite, necessity, shape, discipline, check, circumstance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include specify, qualify, precondition, shape, consideration, circumstance.

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