"conditioning" in the noun sense

1. conditioning

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

"conditioning" in the verb sense

1. condition

establish a conditioned response

2. discipline, train, check, condition

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice especially to teach self-control

"Parents must discipline their children"

"Is this dog trained?"

3. stipulate, qualify, condition, specify

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement make an express demand or provision in an agreement

"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"

"The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"

4. condition

put into a better state

"he conditions old cars"

5. condition

apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny

"I condition my hair after washing it"

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