condition

1 a state of being or fitness a car that was 10 years old but in still good condition Synonyms estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim Related Words practice (also practise); pass, phase, stage; footing, picture, posture, scene, status, situation; rank, standing Near Antonyms disorder, disrepair

2 something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends you'll get a bonus with the condition that we meet our sales forecast Synonyms contingency, if, provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation Related Words strings, terms; precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite; limitation, modification, restriction; exception, exemption; demand, essential, must, necessity, need

3 an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning a skin condition that prevents me from staying out in the sun for very long Synonyms affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, troubleRelated Words contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plagueNear Antonyms fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shapeAntonyms health, wellness

4 something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable water is a condition for life on Earth Synonyms essential, demand, must, must-have, necessary, necessity, need, needful, requirement, requisite, sine qua nonRelated Words precondition, prerequisite; advantage, edge, plus; desideration, desideratum, wishNear Antonyms amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusageAntonyms nonessential, nonnecessity

5 something that limits one's freedom of action or choice their parents placed several conditions on their weekend plans Synonyms check, circumscription, restriction, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint, strictureRelated Words exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings; ban, prohibition, proscriptionNear Antonyms freedom, latitude

1 to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness the length of time that it takes for runners to condition their bodies for a marathon Synonyms season, train Related Words fit, habilitate, prepare, ready; acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, break in, orient, orientate, shape; accustom, familiarize, habituate, naturalize; fortify, harden, inure, season, shape up, steel, strengthen, toughen Antonyms decondition

2 to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation an immigrant family that must condition its traditional attitudes regarding child rearing to the realities of modern American life Synonyms acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, adapt, conform, doctor, edit, fashion, fit, put, shape, suit, tailorRelated Words readapt, readjust; customize, gear, match, model, pattern; attune, correct, harmonize, square, tune; establish, root, settle; acquaint, familiarize, orient, orientate; equip, prepare, prime, rehearse; harden, inure, season, toughen; alter, convert, make over, modify, recast, reclaim, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refigure, refit, refocus, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, transform; accustom, adapt, habilitate, habituate, naturalize; ready, season; bend; fiddle (with), fine-tune, phase, register, regulate, rigNear Antonyms misadjust