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AIR-CONDITION
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they air-condition ... he / she / it air-conditions
Past simple: air-conditioned
Past participle: air-conditioned
-ing form: air-conditioning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature
Example:
Our house is not air-conditioned
Synonyms:
air-condition; air-cool
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "air-condition" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Domain category:
architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
air conditioner; air conditioning (a system that keeps air cool and dry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Control the humidity and temperature of
Example:
The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "air-condition" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
air conditioner; air conditioning (a system that keeps air cool and dry)
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