1. (

• conditioning

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

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" ;