Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to condition
Participle: conditioned
Gerund: conditioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | condition |
| you | condition |
| he;she;it | conditions |
| we | condition |
| you | condition |
| they | condition |
Perfect
| I | have conditioned |
| you | have conditioned |
| he;she;it | has conditioned |
| we | have conditioned |
| you | have conditioned |
| they | have conditioned |
Past
| I | conditioned |
| you | conditioned |
| he;she;it | conditioned |
| we | conditioned |
| you | conditioned |
| they | conditioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had conditioned |
| you | had conditioned |
| he;she;it | had conditioned |
| we | had conditioned |
| you | had conditioned |
| they | had conditioned |
Future
| I | will condition |
| you | will condition |
| he;she;it | will condition |
| we | will condition |
| you | will condition |
| they | will condition |
Future Perfect
| I | will have conditioned |
| you | will have conditioned |
| he;she;it | will have conditioned |
| we | will have conditioned |
| you | will have conditioned |
| they | will have conditioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | condition |
| you | condition |
| he;she;it | condition |
| we | condition |
| you | condition |
| they | condition |
Perfect
| I | have conditioned |
| you | have conditioned |
| he;she;it | have conditioned |
| we | have conditioned |
| you | have conditioned |
| they | have conditioned |
Imperfect
| I | conditioned |
| you | conditioned |
| he;she;it | conditioned |
| we | conditioned |
| you | conditioned |
| they | conditioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had conditioned |
| you | had conditioned |
| he;she;it | had conditioned |
| we | had conditioned |
| you | had conditioned |
| they | had conditioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would condition |
| you | would condition |
| he;she;it | would condition |
| we | would condition |
| you | would condition |
| they | would condition |
Perfect
| I | would have conditioned |
| you | would have conditioned |
| he;she;it | would have conditioned |
| we | would have conditioned |
| you | would have conditioned |
| they | would have conditioned |
Imperative
| you | condition |
| we | Let's condition |
| you | condition |
Verbs conjugated like 'condition'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'condition'
decondition,
recondition,
rendition,
uncondition,
audition,
collation,
condite,
conditionate,
confection,
conscion,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- prepare
- equip, train, coach, discipline, adapt, treat, enable
- program
- reprogram, inculcate, influence, brainwash, indoctrinate, instill, stipulate, imprint
Antonyms
- prepare
- neglect, ignore, overlook, forget
- program
- rehearsal, precis, review, repetition
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”). See: Latin '
condicio'.
Sample Sentences
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I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
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Heat pumps condition the air on the first floor.
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They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
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Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year. [1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Golden Year”, in Poems. […], 4th edition, volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1846, →OCLC, page 89:]
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The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
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Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads. [1956 May, “Eliminating Slipping of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 280:]
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[P]ay me back my credit, / And I'll condition wi'ye. [1633 May 21 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, James Shirley, “The Night-Walker, or The Little Thief. A Comedy.”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 2], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene viii, page 212, column 2:]
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[I]t was conditioned betweene Saturne and Titan, that Saturne being a yonger brother, and raigning (for his owne life), by Titans permiſſion, he ſhould put to death all his male children, leaſt the Titans might be interrupted by any of them in their ſucceſſion; which agreement becauſe Saturne performed in his firſt borne, it is fained that Saturne deuoured his owne children. [1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], “Of Idolatrous Corruptions, Quickly Rising, and Hardly at Length Vanishing in the World: […]”, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, 1st book, §. V (Of the Three Chiefest Iupiters; and the Strange Storie of the Third), page 88:]
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divers parcel of silk conditioned or assayed [1868, Once a Week:]
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to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
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"To think is thus to condition," because it is to know this or that object, and this or that object in a particular mode or condition. [1882, John Veitch, “Classification of the Laws of Knowledge—Negative and Positive Thought—Relativity”, in Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott and Co.; Edinburgh: W[illia]m Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 210:]