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1. (n.) circumstance
a condition or attribute that accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event; an accessory or influencing factor.
2. circumstance
Usu., circumstances. the existing conditions or state of affairs surrounding and affecting an agent:
Circumstances permitting, we sail on Monday.
3. circumstance
circumstances, the condition or state of a person with respect to income and material welfare:
a family in reduced circumstances.
4. circumstance
an incident or occurrence:
His arrival was a fortunate circumstance.
5. circumstance
detailed or circuitous narration.
6. circumstance
ceremonious accompaniment or display:
pomp and circumstance.
7. (v.t.) circumstance
to place in particular circumstances or relations.
8. circumstance
Obs.
9. circumstance
to furnish with details.
10. circumstance
to control or guide by circumstances.
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| Definition of 'Circumstance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) circumstance
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
2. (noun) context, circumstance, setting
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
"the historical context"
3. (noun) circumstance, condition, consideration
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
"another consideration is the time it would take"
4. (noun) circumstance
formal ceremony about important occasions
"pomp and circumstance"
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| Definition of 'Circumstance' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Circumstance
that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things
2. (noun) Circumstance
an event; a fact; a particular incident
3. (noun) Circumstance
circumlocution; detail
4. (noun) Circumstance
condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings
5. (verb) Circumstance
to place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents
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| Definitions of 'Circumstance' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Circumstance
1. The fresh banana-peel just around the corner.
2. _Ex-post-facto_ knowledge of a series of incidents, episodes and laws which, had we known before doing something that we should not have done anyhow, we would have done otherwise, in the same way, or not at all.
3. The Shadowy Iago that follows us up and down life's promenades.
4. Man Friday to Chance.
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Sense: a condition (time, place etc) connected with an event
In the circumstances, I don't see what else I could have done.
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 Afrikaans: omstandigheid |
 Arabic: ظَرْف |
 Bulgarian: обстоятелство |
 Brazilian: circunstância |
 Czech: okolnost |
 German: der Umstand |
 Danish: forhold; omstændighed |
 Greek: περίσταση, συνθήκη |
 Spanish: circunstancia |
 Estonian: asjaolu |
 Farsi: وضعیت؛ موقعیت |
 Finnish: olosuhde |
 French: circonstance |
 Hebrew: נְסִיבּוֹת |
 Hindi: परिस्थिति, दशा |
 Croatian: okolnost |
 Hungarian: körülmény |
 Indonesian: keadaan |
 Icelandic: kringumstæður |
 Italian: circostanza |
 Japanese: 事情 |
 Korean: 상황 |
 Lithuanian: aplinkybės |
 Latvian: apstāklis; gadījums |
 Malay: keadaan |
 Dutch: omstandigheid |
 Norwegian: omstendighet, forhold; mo |
 Polish: okoliczność |
 Persian: وضعیت؛ موقعیت |
 Pashto: حالات |
 Portuguese: circunstância |
 Romanian: circumstanţă |
 Russian: обстоятельство |
 Slovak: okolnosť |
 Slovenian: okoliščina |
 Serbian: okolnost |
 Swedish: omständighet |
 Thai: สภาวะแวดล้อม |
 Turkish: koşul, durum, vaziyet |
 Taiwanese: 情況 |
 Ukrainian: обставина, випадок |
 Urdu: صورت حالات |
 Vietnamese: tình huống |
 Chinese: 情况 |
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