ADJ
- excellent, good, immaculate, mint, peak, perfect, pristine
- fair, reasonable
- bad, poor
- original
- The clock was restored to its original condition
- physical
PREP
- in … ~
- The car is still in excellent condition
ADJ
- critical, serious
- stable
- Doctors say his condition is now stable
- mental, physical
- There has been a serious deterioration in her mental condition
CONDITION + VERB
- get better, improve
- Without this treatment, her condition won't improve
- deteriorate, get worse
PREP
- in a … ~
- He is still in a critical condition in the local hospital
- out of ~
- I haven't been excercising much recently, so I'm a bit out of condition
PHRASES
- be in no condition to do sth
- You're in no condition to tackle the stairs
ADJ
- medical
- serious
- chronic
- incurable
- rare
- heart, skin, etc.
- mental
- She was unable to give informed consent because of a mental condition
VERB + CONDITION
- have, suffer from
- He has a rare skin condition
- be born with
- All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition
ADJ
- favourable, good, ideal, optimum
- Conditions are very favourable for starting a business
- adverse, appalling, awful, difficult, dreadful, freak (only used about the weather), harsh, poor, severe, terrible, treacherous
- adverse conditions for driving freak weather conditions
- normal, prevailing
- controlled
- The experiment is conducted under strictly controlled conditions
- experimental, laboratory
- driving, housing, living, operating, working
- The working conditions in the factory are dreadful
- economic, market, political, social
- climatic, environmental, physical, soil, weather
VERB + CONDITION
- live in, work in/under
- An enormous number of people live in conditions of severe poverty
CONDITION + VERB
- exist, prevail
- As long as these weather conditions prevail, we are unable to rescue the climbers
- change
- improve
- deteriorate
PREP
- in ~
- in normal flight operating conditions
- under ~
- The samples are heated under experimental conditions
VERB + CONDITION
- attach, impose, lay down, set out
- the conditions attached to the grant of a residential licence The United Nations has imposed strict conditions on the ceasefire
- accept, agree to
- They would not agree to our conditions
- abide by, comply with, fulfil, meet, observe, satisfy
- To get a basic pension you must satisfy two conditions: …
- be subject to
- The bar was licensed subject to the condition that no children under 15 be admitted
- be in breach of
- He denied being in breach of bail conditions
CONDITION + VERB
- apply
- Special conditions apply to the use of the library's rare books
PREP
- on ~ that
- They agreed to lend us the car on condition that (= only if) we returned it before the weekend
- on … ~
- I'll agree to the scheme on one condition: my name doesn't get mentioned to the press
- under the ~s of
- Under the conditions of the agreement, all foreign troops will leave by May
PHRASES
- a breach of a condition, conditions of employment/sale, terms and conditions
- the terms and conditions of the contract
ADJ
- necessary, sufficient
- a necessary and sufficient condition for the eradication of unemployment
ADJ
- human
- Work is basic to the human condition (= the fact of being alive)
VERB + CONDITION
- improve
- aiming to improve the condition of the urban poor