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conditions

conditions

1 1.4
The situation that affects how people live or work
  • noun
  • /kənˈdɪʃənz/
translation icon : condiciones
  • Many workers have struggled to maintain their well-being due to poor working conditions during the pandemic.

We are not seeing the conditions of a wage price spiral.

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Examples

  • THE IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON WORKERS' LIVING CONDITIONS

    Academic text (1993)
  • When have you been affected by market conditions, pro or con?

  • However, under certain conditions, things can change.

  • I feel like these are the worst conditions to have a kid.

  • Which leads me to the next topic, the conditions in which patients are today.

  • When and under what conditions should we obey the government?

  • Understand what the conditions you're trying to create are.

  • HOW CAN ANYONE EXPECT ME TO CARRY ON UNDER THESE CONDITIONS?

  • COULD YOU SURVIVE UNDER DESERT CONDITIONS?

  • THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS, ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW, UNDER WHICH NON-JEWS MAY LIVE HERE.

Synonyms

situation
vsconditions
1.9

The conditions someone or something is in at a time

focuses more on the influencing factors that shape how life and work happen
environment
vsconditions
2.7

The people, places, and conditions around a person, animal, or thing that affect them

includes nonphysical social and economic factors as well as surroundings
circumstances
vsconditions
1 2.2

The situation that affects a person's life, especially their money and home

is broader, covering any factors that affect living, working, or experience

Compounds

The air and weather at a certain time

1 2.7

How much snow there is and how good the snow and weather are for going down snowy slopes

A very warm, wet place made to help plants grow

An intense environment that pushes people or projects to develop very quickly

noise conditions
  • Specialized
6.1

A situation where unwanted sounds or interference make signals unclear and unreliable

How Favorable

ideal
203 4.2
favorable
  • US
73 3.1
conditions
1 1.4
difficult
386 2.1
dire straits
  • Informal
11 7.4

Surface Forms

condition singular
conditions plural

Morphology

conditions = condition (transparent) = condition + s

The plural suffix '-s' simply marks plurality of 'condition' and preserves the noun's meaning.

Etymology

Conditions comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and dicere 'to say', and it first meant a 'set of agreed terms'. That's why we call the rules of a contract 'conditions', and why the word now means the 'things' that affect how people live or work.