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conditioning

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N D IH1 SH AH0 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The storage of a material specimen under specified temperature, humidity for a specified time prior to testing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of condition

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: learning, acquisition

Narrower terms: extinction, experimental extinction, aversive conditioning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, counter conditioning

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَكْيِيف (takyīf) — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Catalan: condicionament — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Danish: betingning — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Dutch: conditionering — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Finnish: ehdollistaminen — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • French: conditionnement — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Greenlandic: betingninngi — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Hebrew: הַתְנָיָה (hatnayá) — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Hungarian: kondicionálás — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Icelandic: skilyrðing — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: betinging — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Serbo-Croatian: uvjetovanje — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Spanish: condicionamiento — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Swedish: betingning — process of modifying a person's behaviour
  • Catalan: condicionament — preparation or training
  • Finnish: harjoitus — preparation or training
  • Finnish: harjoittaminen — preparation or training
  • Italian: riscaldamento — preparation or training
  • Spanish: condicionamiento — preparation or training