conditions

1. 1.

   the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

   “there were wide variations in the conditions of observation”

   Broadercontext

   plural

2. 2.

   the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare

   “hazardous working conditions”

   “harsh living conditions”

   Broadercontext

   plural

3. 3.

   the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

   “they were hoping for good weather”

   “every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception”

   “the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow”

   Synonymsweatherweather conditionatmospheric condition

   Broaderatmospheric phenomenon

   Narrowercold weatherfair weatherhot weatherthawprecipitationwaveelementswindatmospheregood weather

   meteorology

Other forms of conditions

plural

conditionses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conditions

What does conditions mean?

conditions means "the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conditions?

conditions has 3 syllables: con-dit-ions. The stress falls on "dit". In IPA it is /kənˈdɪʃənz/.

What is another word for conditions?

Close synonyms include weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conditions a common word?

conditions is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.