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84HGabor Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Conditioned for's meaning

Hi all!

I can't decide myself between two possible meanings for "being conditioned for something".

Can someone please help me with that?

Thank you in advance!
  

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Dear 84HGabor, I'm not certain of what you are looking for, but one meaning of to 'be conditioned' is: to have a significant influence on or determine the manner or outcome of something. " Another - more colloquial use – is: to have been trained (brainwashed) to react in a specific manner. ” There are additional meanings of "to be conditioned": conditioning leather (tanning), for example.

— JohnParis

  • Dear 84HGabor, I'm not certain of what you are looking for, but one meaning of to 'be conditioned' is: to have a significant influence on or determine the manner or outcome of something.
  • " Another - more colloquial use – is: to have been trained (brainwashed) to react in a specific manner.
  • ” There are additional meanings of "to be conditioned": conditioning leather (tanning), for example.
  • ” Hope this helps.
  • John
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Dear 84HGabor,

I'm not certain of what you are looking for, but one meaning of to 'be conditioned' is: to have a significant influence on or determine the manner or outcome of something. "Personal choices are often conditioned by upbringing."

Another - more colloquial use – is: to have been trained (brainwashed) to react in a specific manner. “He was conditioned to shoot on sight
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Thank you John!

I didn't want to write too much, but now here is what I'm confused about more specifically:

What I'm trying to find out is the meaning when someone says something like: (rare expression, I think)

"I'm conditioned FOR beer." (or for anything)

Does this mean that I am attached to beer (no other types of alcohol I'm willing to drink in any circumsta
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84HGabor"I'm conditioned FOR beer." (or for anything)
This does not make sense.

Conditioning means to prepare for something extraordinary - something one would not normally be able to accomplish.

He conditioned himself to run marathons in the desert.

Afer living in Siberia for twenty years, he was conditioned to living in cold weathe
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The reference may be to psychological conditioning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning

Either the beer is the reward for performing some conditioned behavior correctly, or the beer is the trigger for producing a certain conditioned behavior. It's hard to say exactly
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Thx to all!

I got it and it's clear now.

John actually answared it, but because of the original context in which I tried to understand it, it made me a bit overcomplicate it.

("Because the person is conditioned for some degree of abundance or non-abundance, depending on the pre-existing conditions with the parents growing up.")

I was making subtitle for a movie
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