existing condition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandcondition
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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condition
noun
uk/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofexistingandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If removed and rebuilt, no longer would this be our 'truthful' modern intervention into the 'authentic'existingcondition.
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He referred to a hypotheticalexistingconditionof the law.
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Under theexistingconditionarrangements, that would not be possible.
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You cannot stereotype theexistingconditionof affairs.
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The irregularity of theexistingconditionwas always borne in mind, and only the intensity of the intervention was in question.
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Under theexistingconditionof society these crises will recur and with greater frequency than ever.
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It is dealing with theexistingconditionand therefore this new provision is inserted.
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What chance have we got in theexistingconditionof business?
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I think that is anexistingconditionthroughout the war period.
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In theexistingconditionof the coal industry everybody is dissatisfied.
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Such water courses become the responsibility of the riparian landowners in theirexistingcondition.
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They would be giving expression to a hypotheticalexistingconditionof the law.
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It may be properly ascribed to theexistingconditionof the country.
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You could not have slum property in any town under theexistingconditionof by-laws.
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That is a substantial improvement over theexistingconditionand will remove many grievances and irritations.
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But what is theexistingconditionuntil that body comes into being.
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This is a technical report, prepared by technical people as to theexistingconditionof things.
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It is theexistingconditionunder which the doctors serve, and no one suggests that that should be broken.
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I do not see any machinery for the purpose of recording all theexistingconditionof the estate.
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It would be better to make an end of the contract, having in view theexistingconditionof affairs.
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Considerations includeexistingcondition, rarity, and evidentiary and market values.
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He will therefore prefer to maintain the land in itsexistingcondition, probably agricultural, and draw his rents for its agricultural use.
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The one insists that there is no need to disturb theexistingconditionof things and the other maintains that immediate change is essential.
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He wants us, in fixing the wages to be paid under contract, to have regard, not to theexistingconditionof things.
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