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condition
A	noun
	1	condition, experimental condition
			the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚procedure; process ╚condition, experimental condition
	2	circumstance, condition, consideration
			information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚circumstance, condition, consideration ╚mitigating circumstance ╚justification
	3	condition, precondition, stipulation
			an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚proposition ╚postulate; posit ╚premise; premiss; assumption ╚condition, precondition, stipulation ╚provision; proviso ╚boundary condition
	4	condition, term
			(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚condition, term
	5	condition
			a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition ╚orphanage; orphanhood ╚mosaicism ╚polyploidy ╚heteroploidy ╚haploidy ╚diploidy ╚amphidiploidy ╚fortune; destiny; fate; luck; lot; circumstances; portion ╚lysogeny; lysogenicity ╚roots ╚invagination; introversion ╚ordinary ╚stratification; social stratification
	6	condition, status
			a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition, status ╚nomination ╚ski conditions ╚situation; position ╚silence ╚saturation ╚regularization; regularisation ╚prepossession ╚participation; involvement ╚noise conditions ╚niche; ecological niche ╚mode ╚health
	7	condition, shape
			the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
		Category Tree: state ╚physiological state; physiological condition ╚good health; healthiness ╚condition, shape ╚fitness; physical fitness; good shape; good condition
B	verb
	1	condition
			apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate ╚beautify; embellish; prettify ╚groom; neaten ╚cleanse; clean ╚wash; lave ╚shampoo ╚condition
	2	condition
			put into a better state; "he conditions old cars"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate ╚condition ╚recondition
	3	stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
			specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚promise; assure ╚contract; undertake ╚stipulate, qualify, condition, specify ╚provide
	4	discipline, train, check, condition
			train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚develop; make grow ╚discipline, train, check, condition ╚mortify
	5	condition
			establish a conditioned response
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚teach; learn; instruct ╚condition

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