conditioned
/kənˈdɪʃənd/
adjective
- Trained or influenced by repeated experience or exposure to behave in a certain way.
- Many people are conditioned to check their phones as soon as they wake up.
- After years of practice, the athlete was conditioned to react instantly to the starting gun.
- The dog was conditioned to salivate when it heard a bell ring.
- In a good physical state; fit and healthy.
- She stays conditioned by running five miles every morning.
- A conditioned body recovers faster from illness.
- The soldiers were well conditioned and ready for the long march.
- Made to have a certain quality or state, especially regarding temperature or humidity.
- The greenhouse uses conditioned air to grow tropical plants in winter.
- They installed a system to keep the wine cellar properly conditioned.
- The air in the museum is conditioned to protect the ancient paintings.
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- Past tense of condition: to train or influence someone or something to behave or react in a particular way through repeated experience.
- Years of living in a noisy city conditioned him to sleep through any sound.
- The experiment conditioned the rats to press a lever for food.
- The teacher conditioned her students to raise their hands before speaking.
- Past tense of condition: to make something (such as hair, skin, or air) reach a desired state or quality.
- She conditioned her hair with a deep moisturizing treatment.
- The technician conditioned the water in the aquarium to keep the fish healthy.
- He conditioned the leather sofa with a special oil to keep it soft.