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air-conditioned

air-conditioned

54 2.9
A room, car, or building that has a machine that cools the air and controls humidity
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛr kənˌdɪʃənd/
: con aire acondicionado
  • The bus was air-conditioned, providing a cool escape from the summer heat.
  • an air-conditioned cab
  • an air-conditioned car
  • air-conditioned comfort

We've created these air conditioned castles that we live in.

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Examples

  • It's gonna be kind of tough on you boys... ...after this nice, cool, air-conditioned office.

  • Yeah, and all I wanted was to come back to a nice air conditioned chilled hotel room.

  • This one's already air-conditioned with half the roof gone.

  • For better efficiency in the summer, a unit in an air-conditioned space uses less energy.

    Blog text (22)
  • Lunch will be served on both of these tours on air-conditioned buses.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The waiting room was not air-conditioned, and it was a stifling hot summer day.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The large tractor had an air-conditioned cab and a radio.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We've created these air conditioned castles that we live in.

  • I walked with Susan through the brief wedge of dry heat into the air-conditioned terminal.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Modernization has put a damper on this custom since most trains are now air-conditioned and windows are not opened.

    Academic text (1994)

How Cool

refrigerated
19 2.7
air-conditioned
54 2.9
cool
7 1.0

Surface Forms

air-conditioned positive

Morphology

air-conditioned = air + condition (transparent) = air + condition + ed

Formed by adding -ed to the verb phrase 'air condition' (air-condition); the meaning 'cooled/regulated air' is directly derived from the components.

Etymology

Air-conditioned combines air and conditioned, from condition meaning 'to make ready' or 'to set a state', so it means the air has been set or controlled for comfort. That's why an air-conditioned room has its air cooled and its temperature and moisture controlled.