condition

condition
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. fitness; state, birth, rank, place, estate, station, class; demand, qualification, proviso; plight, situation, status, position, pass, case, circumstances. See repute, circumstance.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A state]
Syn. situation, position, status; see state 2 .
2. [A requisite]
Syn. stipulation, contingency, provision; see circumstance 1 , requirement 1 .
3. [A limitation]
Syn. restriction, qualification, prohibition; see limitation 2 , restraint 2 .
4. [State of health]
Syn. physical state, fitness, lack of fitness, tone, form, trim, shape*; see also health 1 , 2 .
5. [*Illness]
Syn. ailment, infirmity, malady; see disease .
See Synonym Study at state . v.
Syn. adapt, modify, accustom, work out; see practice 1 , train 3 , 4 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. provision stipulation, qualification, proviso, consideration, requirement. 2.state situation, order, circumstance, stage, predicament, position, *lay of the land.
3. health fitness, shape, constitution, state.
4. ailment malady, illness. see disease
II
v.
get fit, train, prepare, get in shape, build up, work out.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Manner of being or form of existence: mode, situation, state, status. See BE. 2. A state of sound readiness: fettle, fitness, form, kilter, order, shape, trim. See BETTER. 3. Something indispensable: essential, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non. See NECESSARY. 4. A restricting or modifying element: provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural). Informal: string (often used in plural). See LIMITED. 5. Existing surroundings that affect an activity. Used in plural: circumstance (often used in plural), environment. Slang: scene. See BE. II verb To make familiar through constant practice or use: accustom, habituate, inure, wont. See USUAL.

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