A surface preconditioned to receive paint. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : a precondition for a promotion. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to precondition a surface to receive paint. From Dictionary.com.
KING: Do you think, Ann, you might have been preconditioned to that?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Are There Ghosts? - April 3, 2001] Reference
"I must remember I'm preconditioned in my concept of your mentality.". From Wordnik.com. [A Wrinkle in Time]
The first is that society is preconditioned to see the worst in them. From Wordnik.com. [Race and the Schooling of Black Americans] Reference
All fanatically preconditioned to be enraged by anything Clinton related. From Wordnik.com. [Pelosi Asks Campaigns to Simmer Down - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
“I am not preconditioned to accept standard interpretations,” he says. From Wordnik.com. [Leading scientist defends the Exodus account but puts Sinai in Saudi Arabia] Reference
We are preconditioned to believe that we have the best in everything that matters. From Wordnik.com. [D. Brad Wright: Can You Guess Who Said That?] Reference
A neighborhood made up of 6/8's and 7/4's of peace and preconditioned paving stones. From Wordnik.com. [Life as a Class C Firework] Reference
Lions coach Rod Marinelli, though, refuses to believe his team is preconditioned to lose. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Except -- the subject can have been preconditioned, in his whole organism, to die when this happens. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]
As young kids we are preconditioned by our grannies to sweets as way to feel better about ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [Carbohydrates are addictive | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
I had just read The Anubis Gates though, so maybe I was preconditioned to think time travel = awesome. From Wordnik.com. [Lostwatch 4: Season 4, Episodes 1-8] Reference
Bloggers must already be preconditioned to believe this -- why else would they have a blog in the first place?. From Wordnik.com. [Give 'em the Old Razzle-Dazzle, Razzle-Dazzle 'em.] Reference
(Bloggers must already be preconditioned to believe this -- why else would they have a blog in the first place?). From Wordnik.com. [This is why I don't have a blogroll. Or friends.] Reference
Generally, while still in prison, our convict-converts preconditioned themselves to meet our Nation's moral laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Malcolm X]
There had also been a tendency to take polarised positions, preconditioned by emotion and ideology rather than facts. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They were also preconditioned to toilet training, and all would be independent of diapers by the time they would walk. From Wordnik.com. [Eve's Rib]
Academia is nothing but voodoo mythology in the Western World and 90% of the people here are simply preconditioned zombies. From Wordnik.com. [The Ugly Truth: America's Economy is Not Coming Back] Reference
If you have preconditioned her to trance triggers, then just make a cd and play it while she sleeps then you can sleep too. From Wordnik.com. [Hypnosleep . . . . . . how to hypnotize a sleeping person . . .] Reference
Perhaps I am just trying to read too much into it, preconditioned by the author's reputation to expect symbolism in every passage. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams] Reference
That the U.S. demand for a preconditioned -- for the suspension of uranium enrichment and reprocessing prior to negotiations, stands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2008] Reference
And I don't have to be preconditioned to believe in my own interest, brilliance, and importance to read between the lines on this one. From Wordnik.com. [Give 'em the Old Razzle-Dazzle, Razzle-Dazzle 'em.] Reference
Honestly, at first we though it to be hilarious and I think the bus driver was already preconditioned to this until disaster struck …. From Wordnik.com. [On the decline of civility] Reference
The nervous system was going to have to do it the hard way instead of just homing in on a Ferris-sensitive target by preconditioned reflex. From Wordnik.com. [The Striker Portfolio]
Self which it itself was ineluctably preconditioned to become. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
They are not for those who aren't preconditioned, according to the experts. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
In this case the structural weaknesses preconditioned the ice to rapid breakup. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
There is no way to determine if we have free will, we are preconditioned for response. From Wordnik.com. [Drudge Retort] Reference
Formal talks to negotiate substantive reforms must not be preconditioned and negated by protracted ceasefire. From Wordnik.com. [Davao Today] Reference
MLR assays using preconditioned DC were also performed with anti-PD-L1 (20 µg/ml) or isotype control antibody. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
We are preconditioned to view war as a series of policy disputes about how to attain, maintain and then sustain our. From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
Arctic sea ice in 2007 was preconditioned to radical changes after years of shrinking and thinning in a warm climate. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Arctic sea ice in 2007 was preconditioned to radical changes after years of shrinking and thinning in a warm climate. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
Already preconditioned to not expect too much anymore, I still was surprised how different eHarmony. com works and feels. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
After being preconditioned in the oven, the crucible ID is scanned with a barcode reader and the crucible is weighed empty. From Wordnik.com. [ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News] Reference
Maybe this is why humans have developed the groove in our backsides - we are genetically preconditioned to sit on the fence. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But, as its genealogy shows, it has been preconditioned by its mandate, in which 'climate change' equals man-made global warming …. From Wordnik.com. [Watts Up With That?] Reference
It ties a lot of things together in the popular consciousness, that is preconditioned to think that way, given mythologies and arts. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
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