condition

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən Hyphenation: con‧dit‧ion === Noun === condition (countable and uncountable, plural conditions) A state or quality. A particular state of being. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank. The health status of a medical patient. Synonym: fettle A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness. A requirement or prerequisite. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false. (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 ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned) To subject to the process of acclimation. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise. To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something. (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). (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. 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) 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 condition, state en bonne condition ― in good condition une excellente condition physique ― an excellent physical condition 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. (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) condition (state, quality) ==== Descendants ==== French: condition