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conditioned

v.
C1 Advanced US //kənˈdɪʃənd// UK //kəndˈɪʃənd// con·di·tioned

v. trained to act or think in a certain way because of past experiences or habits.

v. having been trained or influenced to behave in a specific way or to accept certain circumstances as normal. Often describes a learned response to a particular stimulus.


SIMPLE

The dog is conditioned to sit when it hears a whistle.

CONTEXTUAL

Many people are conditioned to check their phones immediately after waking up due to years of habit.

COMPLEX

The experiment demonstrated how subjects could be conditioned to associate a neutral sound with an impending physical sensation, eventually triggering a physiological response to the sound alone.

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Often follows a linking verb like 'become' or 'be'; frequently takes the preposition 'to'.

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