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See Situation

English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
  2. * 1908: w:Kenneth Grahame|Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows
  3. *: ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
  4. The place in which something is situated; a location.
  5. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
  6. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
  7. A position of employment; a post.


Related terms


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Lage|f}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|状態|tr=jōtai|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|状況|tr=jōkyō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|境遇|tr=kyōgū|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|расположение|n|tr=raspoložénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|положение|n|tr=položénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|ситуация|f|tr=situácija|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Lage|f}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|τοποθεσία|f|sc=Grek}} (topothesía)
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Lage|f}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|κατάσταση|f|sc=Grek}} (katástasi)
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|状態|tr=jōtai|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|状況|tr=jōkyō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|境遇|tr=kyōgū|sc=Jpan}}
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|situace|f}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Situation|f}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|κατάσταση|f|sc=Grek}} (katástasi)
  • Finnish: , ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Stellung|f}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|θέση εργασίας|f|sc=Grek}} (thési ergasías)
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|положение|n|tr=položénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|должность|sc=Cyrl}}

See also


References

  • Source for the definitions:
    • Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 1 (accessed: March 10, 2007).


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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-situation.ogg
  • IPA: /sitɥasjɔ̃/


Noun

situation (plural: situations)

  1. situation


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Situation \Sit`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.]
1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as
related to something else; position; locality site; as, a
house in a pleasant situation.
[1913 Webster]

2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of
the case.
[1913 Webster]

A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity.
--Rogers.
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3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or
relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as
of persons in a dramatic scene.
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There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!
--Sheridan.
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4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a
situation in a store; a situation under government.
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Syn: State; position; seat; site; station; post; place;
office; condition; case; plight. See State.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet situation
n 1: the general state of things; the combination of
circumstances at a given time; "the present
international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how
such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths
will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh
meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin
D.Roosevelt [syn: state of affairs]
2: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the
unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose
between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate
situation" [syn: position]
3: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous
situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation";
"no human situation is simple"
4: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the
sites are determined by highly specific sequences of
nucleotides" [syn: site]
5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot,
billet, place]
Moby Dictionary
Anschauung , abode , alentours , allocation , ambience , ambit , angle ,
angle of vision , appointment , area , assignment , bargain , basis ,
bearings , bench mark , berth , billet , borderlands , capacity , case ,
character , circle , circuit , circumambiencies , circumjacencies ,
circumstance , circumstances , collocation , compass , condition ,
connection , context , deployment , deposit , deposition , disposition ,
district , emplacement , employment , engagement , entourage ,
environing circumstances , environment , environs , estate , eye , fix ,
footing , frame of reference , framework , gestalt , gestation , gig ,
gravidity , habitat , hole , incumbency , jam , job , kettle of fish ,
lading , latitude and longitude , lieu , light , loading , locale ,
locality , localization , locating , location , locus , lot ,
mental outlook , milieu , modality , mode , moonlighting , neighborhood ,
office , opening , outlook , outposts , outskirts , packing , pass ,
perimeter , periphery , pickle , picture , pinpoint , pinpointing ,
place , placement , placing , plight , point , point of view , position ,
positioning , post , posting , posture , precincts , predicament ,
purlieus , putting , rank , reference system , regard , region ,
reposition , respect , second job , service , setting , side , sight ,
site , situs , slant , spot , spotting , stand , standing , standpoint ,
state , state of affairs , station , stationing , status , status quo ,
stead , storage , stowage , suburbs , surroundings , system , tenure ,
total environment , universe , vacancy , vicinage , vicinity , view ,
viewpoint , where , whereabout , whereabouts


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