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✅ A required condition 🔧 To prepare in advance
to precondition

to precondition

1 6.0
To make something ready in advance so it meets requirements
  • verb
  • /ˌpriːkənˈdɪʃən/
translation icon : preparar
  • The athlete has to precondition his muscles by warming up before the competition.

We do precondition the drive before each type of test and you guys kind of have the basics of it.

Examples

  • To achieve accurate results, scientists precondition the samples in controlled environments.

  • We do precondition the drive before each type of test and you guys kind of have the basics of it.

    Gamers Nexus

  • The "will" to become involved in the drug business is preconditioned by social context.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Benefits are not preconditioned upon an individual having been hospitalized prior to receiving nursing home care or home care.

    Academic text (1990)

  • After the social media boom, users are preconditioned to favor software that is intuitive and simplistic with friendly views.

    Blog text (21)

  • It was not necessary to precondition the tissue to observe a repeatable displacement-force response.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We need to precondition the metal before applying the paint to ensure better adhesion.

Synonyms

to preset
vsto precondition
3 3.9

To set something before you need to use it

prepares objects in advance to reach a required state
to condition
vsto precondition
2 3.7

To make something ready or in better shape for use

prepares specifically ahead of time to meet a required state
to pretreat
vsto precondition
1 4.5

To prepare something, like clothes or a surface, before the main step so it works better

prepares objects into a required state rather than using a prior process
to preconfigure
vsto precondition
  • Specialized
1 5.3

To set up a device or program in advance so it is ready to use

prepares broadly to reach a needed state beyond device setups
to prewire
vsto precondition
7.8

Get someone ready to respond in a certain way

prepares material items into a required state rather than shaping reactions

Antonyms

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Prepared

to precondition
1 6.0
to prime
56 5.2
to condition
2 3.7
to prepare
∞ 1.0
to set up
983 2.7

Surface Forms

precondition infinitive
preconditioned past
preconditioned past participle
preconditioning present participle
preconditions third person singular

Morphology

precondition = condition (transparent) = pre + condition

The verb means to condition something beforehand, which is a regular and semantically clear use of the prefix.

Etymology

To precondition breaks into pre- 'before' and condition 'state', and it means to put something into the right state before use, like you 'preheat' an oven, so you prepare or set up the needed conditions ahead of time.