See Also: condition(2)(dictionary)
Condition(health)
condition(medicine)
condition(1)(dictionary)
Condition, Sever(health)
Intersex condition(health)
Terminal Condition(health)
SUBPENSIVE CONDITION(law)
condition 1, noun(dictionary)
condition 2, verb(dictionary)

condition(1) (iou)



condition noun. ME.
[Old French condicion (mod. condition) from Latin condicio(n-) agreement, situation, etc., rel. to condicere agree upon, promise, formed as CON- + dicere declare, say: see -ION.]
I. A convention, proviso, etc.
A thing demanded or required as a prerequisite to the granting or performance of something else; a stipulation. ME.
on condition that with the condition that, provided that. POTESTATIVE condition. resolutive condition: see RESOLUTIVE 2.
Milton Wilt thou enjoy the good, Then cavil the conditions? G. F. Kennan A list of twenty-one conditions on which..Communist groups..would be admitted to the Third International.
b. ellipt. As conjunction = on condition that below. Only in E17.
Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Condition I had gone barefoot to India.
A thing on whose existence or fulfilment that of another depends; a prerequisite. In pl., circumstances, esp. those necessary for a thing's existence. ME.
G. J. Romanes Environment..or the sum total of the external conditions of life. G. Murray It is..a necessary condition of social living, that we are individuals as well as members of a social whole.
A restriction, a qualification, a limitation. LME-M19.
J. Bramhall We are absolutely without condition glad of our own liberty.
An agreement; a covenant, a treaty. L15-E18.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice If you repay me not..such sum or sums as are Express'd in the condition.
A provision in a will, contract, etc., on which the legal force or effect of the document depends. L16.
conditions of sale the provisions under which a sale by auction takes place.
Grammar. A conditional clause. M19.
A subject, course, etc., in which a student must pass an examination within a stated time to maintain provisionally granted status. US. M19.
II. State, mode of being.
A particular mode of being of a person or thing; a state; circumstances of wealth; social position. ME.
change one's condition (now arch. & dial.) get married. in a certain condition, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition euphem. pregnant. in condition in good condition; physically fit. in no condition certainly not fit enough to do. mint condition: see MINT noun1. out of condition in bad, condition; physically unfit. race condition: see RACE noun1 3c. spheroidal condition: see SPHEROIDAL 2.
W. H. Prescott In the middle classes; and even in those of humbler condition. M. Esslin The act of waiting as an essential and characteristic aspect of the human condition.
b. spec. A state resulting from a physical or mental illness; sickness, a malady. E20.
T. S. Eliot The condition is curable.
Mental disposition; moral nature; temper. In pl., personal qualities; ways, morals; behaviour. LME-M19.
Bible (AV): 2 Maccabees 15:12 A good man,..gentle in condition, well spoken also. Sir W. Scott Miss Bell Fergusson, a woman of the most excellent conditions.
Nature, character, quality; a characteristic, an attribute. LME-E18.
A. Day A man shaped as you see, and as bold in condition as he appeareth in shew. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona Here is the cate-log..of her condition..She can fetch and carry...She can milk.
Comb.: condition-powder a medicinal powder to keep an animal in condition.