cond

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UK/kɒnd/US/kɑnd/

A form of conditional — Limited by a condition.

OriginMiddle English conduen ← French conduire ← Latin conducere →
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Meanings

cond1

adjectivecond (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationclippingnot comparableClipping of conditional.

cond2

verbcond (third-person singular simple present conds, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)

present singular third person conds · participle present conding · participle past conded · past conded

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”).

    Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]

    1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society

Origin

cond · adjective

Clipping.

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cond · verb

  1. Latinconducere
  2. Frenchconduire“to conduct”
  3. Middle Englishconduen
  4. Englishcond

From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cond

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

cond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cond

MLA

“cond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cond. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cond,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cond.

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