condition

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English

Etymology

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈdɪʃn̩/
• (General American) enPR: kəndĭshʹən, IPA^(key): /kənˈdɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: con‧dit‧ion

Noun

condition (countable and uncountable, plural conditions)

1. A state or quality.
   1. A particular state of being.

   2. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
   3. The health status of a medical patient.

      Synonym: fettle

      1. A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
2. A requirement.

3. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
4. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

Synonyms

• (requirement): requisite, necessity

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Translations

Verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

1. To subject to the process of acclimation.

2. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

3. To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
4. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
5. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

6. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
7. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
8. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
9. (US, colleges, transitive) 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.

10. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French condition, from Old French condicion, borrowed from Latin condiciōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/

Noun

condition f (plural conditions)

1. term, condition

   une condition sine qua non ― an imperative

   une condition suffisante ― a sufficient condition

   une condition nécessaire ― a necessary condition

   à condition que ― on condition that

   à condition de ― on condition of

2. condition, state

   en bonne condition ― in good condition

   une excellente condition physique ― an excellent physical condition

3. social status, walk of life

   Le couple se contentait de soirées entre amis de conditions diverses. ― The couple was content with partying with friends from all walks of life.

4. (in the plural) conditions

   conditions de vie ― living conditions

   conditions de travail ― working conditions

Derived terms

• conditionnel
• conditionner

Descendants

• → Turkish: kondisyon

Further reading

• “condition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French condicion, from Latin condicio.

Noun

condition f (plural conditions)

1. condition (state, quality)

Descendants

• French: condition