conditioning Definition

condition
noun

1. A particular state of existence.

Thesaurus: position, status, situation, state.
2. A state of health, fitness or suitability for use.

Example: out of condition
Thesaurus: fitness, tone, form, shape, health.
3. An ailment or disorder.

Example: a heart condition
Thesaurus: illness, ailment, infirmity, disease, malady, complaint.
4. Circumstances.

Example: poor working conditions
Form: conditions
5. A requirement or qualification.

Thesaurus: limitation, qualification, requirement, restriction, caveat, proviso, stipulation, provision; prohibition, restraint.
6. A term of contract.
7. law.
In a legal document, eg will, contract, etc: a clause which requires something to happen before the document can be enacted.
8. math.
A statement which must be true for a further statement to be true.

verb conditioned, conditioning

1. To accustom or train someone or something to behave or react in a particular way; to influence them or it.

Thesaurus: train, ready, prepare; season, indoctrinate, accustom, habituate, temper, familiarize, inure.
2. To prepare or train (a person or animal) for a certain activity or for certain conditions of living.
3. To subject (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus in order to secure, by training, a certain behavioural response that was not initially associated with that stimulus.
4. To affect or control; to determine.
5. To improve (the physical state of hair, skin, fabrics, etc) by applying a particular substance.

Derivative: conditioner
noun

Note: often in compounds
A substance or apparatus which improves the condition of something, especially hair.
Example: hair conditioner
Example: fabric conditioner

Idiom: on condition that ...

Only if ....
Example: I will go on condition that you come too

Idiom: on no condition

Absolutely not.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin conditio, from condicere to agree upon.

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conditioning
noun

1. The process of making or becoming conditioned.
2. psychol.
A reflex response to a stimulus which depends upon the former experience of the individual, and can be modified, eg by rewarding or punishing a particular response so that it comes to occur more or less frequently.