Topic: HAIR AND BEAUTY
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condition2
1 [transitive] to make a person or an animal think or behave in a certain way by influencing or training them over a period of time [↪ conditioning]:
People are conditioned by society.
People are conditioned by society. condition somebody to do something
Many women are conditioned from birth to be accepting rather than questioning.
Many women are conditioned from birth to be accepting rather than questioning.2 [transitive] formal to control or decide the way in which something can happen or exist [= determine]:
What I buy is conditioned by the amount I earn.
What I buy is conditioned by the amount I earn.3 [intransitive and transitive]DCB to keep hair or skin healthy by putting a special liquid on it [↪ conditioner]:
a shampoo that washes and conditions all in one
a shampoo that washes and conditions all in one