a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | information that should be kept in mind when making a decision |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | a state at a particular time |
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing |
| the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') |
| an illness, disease, or other medical problem |