- air-condition
- verb1. control the humidity and temperature of-
The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned
• Derivationally related forms: ↑air conditioner, ↑air conditioning• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
2. equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature-Our house is not air-conditioned
• Syn: ↑air-cool• Derivationally related forms: ↑air conditioner, ↑air conditioning• Topics: ↑architecture• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ transitive verbEtymology: back-formation from air conditioning: to equip with an apparatus for washing, humidifying, dehumidifying, and controlling the temperature of airair-condition a building
• air-conditioned adjective* * *
/air"keuhn dish'euhn/, v.t.1. to furnish with an air-conditioning system.2. to treat (air) with such a system.[1930-35]* * *
airˈ-condition transitive verbTo equip eg a building with devices for air-conditioning• • •Main Entry: ↑air
Useful english dictionary. 2012.