Proviso vs. Condition

Proviso vs. Condition — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Proviso and Condition

Provisonoun

A clause in a document imposing a qualification, condition, or restriction.

Conditionnoun

A mode or state of being

We bought a used boat in excellent condition.

Provisonoun

A conditional provision to an agreement.

Conditionnoun

conditions Existing circumstances

Economic conditions have improved. The news reported the latest weather conditions.

Provisonoun

a stipulated condition;

he accepted subject to one provision

Conditionnoun

(Archaic) Social position; rank.

Conditionnoun

A state of health

Has the patient's condition deteriorated?.

Conditionnoun

A state of physical fitness

Have you exercised enough to get back into condition?.

Conditionnoun

A disease or physical ailment

a heart condition.

Conditionnoun

One that is indispensable to the appearance or occurrence of another; a prerequisite

Compatibility is a condition of a successful marriage.

Conditionnoun

One that restricts or modifies another; a qualification

I'll make you a promise but with one condition.

Conditionnoun

(Grammar) The dependent clause of a conditional sentence; protasis.

Conditionnoun

(Logic) A proposition on which another proposition depends; the antecedent of a conditional proposition.

Conditionnoun

A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.

Conditionnoun

The event itself.

Conditionverb

To make dependent on a condition or conditions

Use of the cabin is conditioned on your keeping it clean.

Conditionverb

To stipulate as a condition

“He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return” (Jane Austen).

Conditionverb

To cause to be in a certain condition; shape or influence

“Our modern conceptions of historiography [are] conditioned by Western intellectual traditions” (Carol Meyers).

Conditionverb

To accustom (oneself or another) to something; adapt

had to condition herself to long hours of hard work.conditioned the troops to marches at high altitudes.

Conditionverb

To render fit for work or use

spent weeks conditioning the old car.

Conditionverb

To improve the physical fitness of (the body, for example), as through repeated sessions of strenuous physical activity.

Conditionverb

(Psychology) To cause (an organism) to respond in a specific manner to a previously unrelated stimulus, as in operant conditioning or classical conditioning.

Conditionverb

To treat (the air in a room, for example) by air-conditioning.

Conditionverb

To replace moisture or oils in (hair, for example) by use of a therapeutic product.

Conditionnoun

A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

Conditionnoun

A requirement or requisite.

Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.What other planets might have the right conditions for life?The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.

Conditionnoun

(legal) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

Conditionnoun

The health status of a medical patient.

My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.

Conditionnoun

The state or quality.

National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.

Conditionnoun

A particular state of being.

Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.

Conditionnoun

(obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

A man of his condition has no place to make request.

Conditionverb

To subject to the process of acclimation.

I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.

Conditionverb

To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.

Conditionverb

(transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.

Conditionverb

To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

Conditionverb

(transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.

Conditionverb

(transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

Conditionverb

(transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

Conditionverb

To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.

to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study

Conditionverb

To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Conditionnoun

a state at a particular time;

a condition (or state) of disrepairthe current status of the arms negotiations

Conditionnoun

a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing;

the human condition

Conditionnoun

an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

Conditionnoun

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;

the contract set out the conditions of the leasethe terms of the treaty were generous

Conditionnoun

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Conditionnoun

information that should be kept in mind when making a decision;

another consideration is the time it would take

Conditionnoun

the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

Conditionverb

establish a conditioned response

Conditionverb

train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

Parents must discipline their childrenIs this dog trained?

Conditionverb

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;

The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her lifeThe contract stipulates the dates of the payments

Conditionverb

put into a better state;

he conditions old cars

Conditionverb

apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny;

I condition my hair after washing it