| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, prepare |
Synonyms: |
accustom, brainwash, build up, educate, equip, habituate, inure, loosen up, make ready, modify, practice, program, ready, shape up, sharpen, tone up, toughen up, train, warm up, whip into shape, work out, work over |
| Main Entry: | conditioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trained |
Synonyms: |
accustomed to, habituated, learned, modified |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
adventitious, choosehow, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, crisic, critical, ectopic, entopic, exceptional, ferial, formal, given, guarded, hypothetical, incidental, modal, organic, provisional, qualifying, structural
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| Main Entry: | brainwash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to believe or do things |
Synonyms: |
alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach |
| Main Entry: | break in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | train in new skill |
Synonyms: |
accustom, condition, educate, gentle, get used to, habituate, initiate, instruct, prepare, tame |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dictate, govern, regulate |
Synonyms: |
affect, bound, circumscribe, command, condition, control, decide, delimit, devise, direct, impel, impose, incline, induce, influence, invent, lead, limit, manage, mark off, measure, modify, plot, rule, shape |
| Main Entry: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
Synonyms: |
actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
| Main Entry: | enable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow, authorize |
Synonyms: |
accredit, approve, capacitate, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, fit, give power, implement, invest, let, license, make possible, permit, prepare, provide the means, qualify, ready, sanction, set up, warrant |
Antonyms: |
block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do repeatedly, especially to improve |
Synonyms: |
break, break in, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, dry run, exert, fix, foster, groom, habituate, hone, improve, inure, labor, lick into shape, limber up, loosen up, maneuver, ply, practice, prepare, pump iron, put out, put through grind, put through mill, rehearse, run through, set, strain, teach, train, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
Synonyms: |
accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get together, get with it, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, put on to, school, season, tip off, train, use, wont |