📖 C — The English dictionary · page 59

condensation — Everyday, meaning 1: Condensation is when a gas, especially water vapour, cools down and turns into liquid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Condensation is also the little drops of water that form on a cold surface, like a window or a cold glass.↗ Example: There was condensation on the bathroom mirror after my shower.↗ · Condensation forms clouds in the sky.↗ · A cold can of drink gets condensation on the outside.↗ · Evaporation, condensation and precipitation make up the water cycle.↗ · We wiped the condensation off the car windows.↗ · Condensation happens when water vapour cools.↗ · Dew on the grass is a kind of condensation.↗

condense — Everyday, meaning 1: To condense is for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam turns into water drops.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To condense something is to make it thicker by removing water, like condensed milk.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To condense a piece of writing is to make it shorter while keeping the main ideas.↗ Example: Water vapour condenses into droplets on a cold window.↗ · Clouds form when water vapour condenses.↗ · Steam from the shower condenses on the mirror.↗ · Evaporate, condense, precipitate — that's the water cycle.↗ · Your breath condenses into a mist on a frosty morning.↗ · The drink can was cold, so water condensed on the outside.↗ · Condense your notes into five key points.↗ · Condensed milk is thick and sweet.↗ · I have considerably condensed and modified the somewhat Babu English of the original.↗ · He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Air, Vayu ; then Water, Apas, which condenses into solid elementary Earth, Prithivi ; and lastly from the Water He formed Fire.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · 27) The author endeavors to show how the creative divine word became more condensed and how a new series of productions came out of three elements.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

condescend — Everyday, meaning 1: To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you.↗ Example: I would not condescend to answer such a rude question.↗ · Please condescend to enter our house.↗ · The queen condescended to visit the village school.↗

condescendingly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them.↗ Example: "I won't refuse your request," said Turritella condescendingly.↗ · He smiled condescendingly at the younger children.↗ · She explained the sum condescendingly, as if I were stupid.↗

condescension — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Here it means kindly gentleness or lowering oneself, not looking down on others.↗ Example: Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.36, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.↗ (Writings PSA.18.36, JPS 1917)↗

condiment — Everyday, meaning 1: A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour.↗ Example: Ketchup is my favourite condiment.↗ · The condiments are on the counter.↗ · Salt and pepper are the most common condiments.↗ · Mustard is a hot condiment.↗ · The café has sachets of condiments.↗ · Please pass the condiments.↗

condition — Everyday, meaning 1: The condition of something is the state it is in: good, bad, new or broken.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A condition is something that must happen before another thing can happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A condition is an illness or health problem that lasts a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Conditions are the situation around you, like weather or living conditions.↗ Example: The bike is old but in good condition.↗ · Plants need the right conditions to grow.↗ · You can go out on condition that you finish your homework.↗ · The match was cancelled because of the icy conditions.↗ · Asthma is a condition that affects breathing.↗ · Keep all other conditions the same in a fair test.↗ · Animals in the zoo need good living conditions.↗ · The first condition was easily fulfilled.↗ · Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised; (Torah GEN.34.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.↗ (Torah GEN.34.22, JPS 1917)↗ · So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (Prophets JER.32.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them: 'On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.11.2, JPS 1917)↗

conditional — Everyday, meaning 1: Depending on something else happening first; only true or allowed if a condition is met.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar) A sentence or verb form with "if", like "If it rains, we will stay in.".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths, computing) A conditional statement says "if this, then that".↗ Example: My trip to the park is conditional on finishing my homework.↗ · "If you heat ice, it melts" is a conditional sentence.↗ · In coding, a conditional tells the computer what to do if something is true.↗ · She got a conditional offer from the university.↗ · The prize is conditional on good behaviour.↗ · Use the conditional: "I would help if I could."↗ · Parents' love should not be conditional on good marks.↗

conditioner — Everyday, meaning 1: A creamy liquid you put on your hair after shampoo to make it soft, smooth and easier to comb.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fabric conditioner (UK) or fabric softener (US): a liquid added in the washing machine to make clothes soft and smell nice.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Any substance that improves something, such as soil conditioner for gardens or leather conditioner.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Short for air conditioner: a machine that cools the air in a room.↗ Example: Rinse out the shampoo and then put on some conditioner.↗ · Conditioner helps get the knots out of my long hair.↗ · Mum added fabric conditioner to the washing.↗ · The air conditioner was humming all night during the heatwave.↗ · We have run out of conditioner, so my hair is all frizzy.↗ · Gardeners mix conditioner into the soil to help plants grow.↗

condole — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, old use) To show sympathy with someone who is sad or in trouble, and comfort them about a loss.↗ Example: The neighbours came to condole with the family.↗ · I condole with you about your lost dog.↗ · The rat raja came to condole with his protector.↗

condolence — Everyday, meaning 1: Condolences are words or messages of sympathy you give to someone when a person they love has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Condolence is the feeling of sympathy shown at such a time.↗ Example: We sent a card of condolence to our neighbours.↗ · Please accept my condolences on the loss of your grandmother.↗ · The class wrote condolences to their teacher when her father died.↗ · Hundreds of people signed the book of condolence.↗ · He offered his condolences at the funeral.↗ · A short, kind message of condolence can mean a lot.↗ · Expressions of condolence and thanks were exchanged between them, and then they all sat down to a luxurious feast and entertained the monkey as the guest of honor.↗

condor — Everyday, meaning 1: A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the California condor).↗ Example: The condor soared over the mountains without flapping.↗ · An Andean condor's wings are wider than a tall man is high.↗ · Condors eat dead animals, like other vultures.↗ · The California condor was saved from extinction.↗ · We saw a condor gliding high above the canyon in Peru.↗ · A condor can live for more than fifty years.↗

conducive — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Conducive to something means helping it to happen: «A quiet room is conducive to study».↗ Example: A quiet room is conducive to learning.↗ · Warm, wet weather is conducive to mould.↗ · Shouting is not conducive to good teamwork.↗ · The calm music was conducive to sleep.↗ · Too much screen time is not conducive to healthy eyes.↗ · The conditions were conducive to a big storm.↗

conduct — Everyday, meaning 1: As a verb, to lead or direct music played by a band or orchestra, by moving your hands or a baton.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To organise and carry out an activity, like conducting an experiment or a survey.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, to let heat or electricity pass through: metals conduct electricity.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To lead or guide people, as in a guided tour.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: As a noun, conduct means behaviour, how someone acts: good conduct.↗ Example: Copper wire conducts electricity very well.↗ · Metal spoons conduct heat, so they get hot in soup.↗ · We conducted an experiment to test which ball bounces highest.↗ · Mr Lee conducted the school choir.↗ · Plastic does not conduct electricity.↗ · Her conduct in class was excellent.↗ · The guide conducted us around the castle.↗ · The class conducted a survey of favourite fruits.↗

conduction — Everyday, meaning 1: Conduction is the way heat or electricity moves through a material from one part to another, without the material itself moving.↗ Example: A metal spoon gets hot by conduction.↗ · Heat moves through the frying pan by conduction.↗ · Conduction happens best in metals.↗ · Wood is a poor conductor, so it slows conduction.↗ · Electrical conduction lets current flow through copper wires.↗ · Conduction, convection and radiation are the three ways heat travels.↗ · The pan handle is plastic to stop heat conduction to your hand.↗

conductor — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who stands in front of an orchestra, band or choir and directs the music with hand movements or a baton.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science, a material that lets heat or electricity pass through it easily, such as metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person on a bus or train who checks or sells tickets.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A lightning conductor is a metal rod on a tall building that carries lightning safely into the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A conductor can also be a guide who leads people or spirits to a place.↗ Example: Copper is a good conductor of electricity.↗ · Plastic is a poor conductor, so it is used to cover wires.↗ · The conductor raised her baton and the orchestra began.↗ · The train conductor checked our tickets.↗ · A metal spoon is a conductor of heat.↗ · The church has a lightning conductor on its spire.↗ · Is a coin a conductor?↗ Let's test it in our circuit.↗ · The bus conductor rang the bell.↗ · Hermes was the swift-footed messenger, and trusted ambassador of all the gods, and conductor of shades to Hades.↗

conduit — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A channel or pipe that carries water from one place to another.↗ Example: And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullers' field.↗ (Prophets ISA.36.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers' field.↗ (Prophets 2KI.18.17, JPS 1917)↗ · The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field.↗ (Prophets EZK.31.4, JPS 1917)↗

cone — Everyday, meaning 1: A cone is a 3D shape with a round flat base that narrows to a point at the top.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An ice-cream cone is a crispy cone-shaped holder for ice cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A traffic cone is an orange or red plastic cone used on roads.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A pine cone is the hard, scaly seed case of a pine or fir tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Cones are also cells in your eyes that see colour.↗ Example: A cone has one curved face and one circular face.↗ · I'd like a chocolate ice-cream cone, please.↗ · The road workers put out traffic cones.↗ · We collected pine cones in the park.↗ · A volcano is often shaped like a cone.↗ · The party hat is a cone.↗ · The coach set out cones for football practice.↗ · Thus Iktomi lives alone in a cone-shaped wigwam upon the plain.↗

confab — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A friendly, often private, talk or chat between people.↗ Example: Let's have a quick confab about the plan.↗ · The two friends had a long confab behind the shed.↗ · Brer Fox wanted a confab with Brer Rabbit.↗

confection — Everyday, meaning 1: A sweet food such as a cake, sweet, chocolate or pudding, especially a fancy one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something elaborate and decorated, like a fancy dress or building: «a confection of lace and ribbons».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The making of something by mixing.↗ Example: The bakery window was full of sugary confections.↗ · The wedding cake was a tall white confection.↗ · Her hat was a confection of feathers and flowers.↗ · Sweets and chocolate are called confectionery.↗ · The chef made a confection of meringue and cream.↗ · Too many confections are bad for your teeth.↗ · And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.↗ (Writings 1CH.9.30, JPS 1917)↗

confectionery — Everyday, meaning 1: Confectionery is sweets, chocolates and similar sugary foods.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A confectionery is a shop or factory that makes or sells sweets and cakes.↗ Example: The shop has a big confectionery counter.↗ · Too much confectionery is bad for your teeth.↗ · The factory makes chocolate and other confectionery.↗ · Grandad worked in a confectionery for years.↗ · Confectionery is on aisle seven.↗ · The school banned confectionery in lunch boxes.↗ · Meanwhile the seven Queens lived luxuriously in a splendid palace, attended by hundreds of female slaves, and fed to their hearts' content on sweetmeats and confectionery.↗