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conditioned

conditioned is the simple past and past participle of condition.

Adjective

conditioned

  1. determined or dependent on some condition
  2. physically fit, especially as the result of exercise
  3. prepared for a specific use
  4. exhibiting a conditioned reflex

Meaning of condition

Verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

  1. To subject to the process of acclimation.
    • I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
  2. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
    • They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
  3. (transitive) To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
    • After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister's entreaties, and consented to go out […] She expressly conditioned, however, for paying no visits […]1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
  4. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
    • 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
  5. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
    • The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
  6. (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
    • 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...1956 May, “Eliminating Slipping of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 280

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Questions about conditioned

What does conditioned mean?
Conditioned means determined or dependent on some condition.
What is conditioned the simple past and past participle of?
Conditioned is the simple past and past participle of condition.
What part of speech is conditioned?
Conditioned is an adjective.

Words near conditioned in the dictionary

  1. conditionals
  2. conditionate
  3. conditionated
  4. conditionates
  5. conditionating
  6. conditioned
  7. conditioned reflex
  8. conditioned reflexes
  9. conditioned response
  10. conditioned responses
  11. conditionedness

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