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1. (n.) situation
manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment.
2. situation
a place or locality.
3. situation
condition; case; plight:
in a desperate situation.
4. situation
the state of affairs; combination of circumstances:
the international situation.
5. situation
a position or post of employment; job.
6. situation
a state of affairs of special or critical significance in the course of a play, novel, etc.
7. situation
the aggregate of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors acting on an individual or group to condition behavioral patterns.
Etymology: (1480–90; < ML situātiō. See situate , -tion)
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1. (noun) situation, state of affairs
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
2. (noun) situation, position
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"
3. (noun) situation
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
"the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
4. (noun) site, situation
physical position in relation to the surroundings
"the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
5. (noun) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
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1. (noun) situation
the things that happen at a particular time and place
the current political situation in this country; I found myself in a very dangerous situation.
2. situation
sb's situation
all the things, especially bad things, that are happening to sb
Her friends and neighbors are aware of her situation.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Situation
manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation
2. (noun) Situation
position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case
3. (noun) Situation
relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene
4. (noun) Situation
permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government
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Sense: circumstances; a state of affairs
an awkward situation.
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 Afrikaans: situasie |
 Arabic: حالَه، وَضْع |
 Bulgarian: ситуация |
 Brazilian: situação |
 Czech: situace |
 German: die Situation |
 Danish: situation |
 Greek: κατάσταση, συνθήκες |
 Spanish: situación |
 Estonian: olukord |
 Farsi: وضعيت |
 Finnish: tilanne |
 French: situation |
 Hebrew: מַצָב |
 Hindi: स्थिति, हालत, दशा |
 Croatian: stanje, okolnost |
 Hungarian: helyzet |
 Indonesian: keadaan |
 Icelandic: aðstæður, kringumstæður |
 Italian: situazione |
 Japanese: 状況 |
 Korean: 상황, 상태 |
 Lithuanian: padėtis |
 Latvian: situācija; stāvoklis |
 Malay: keadaan |
 Dutch: situatie |
 Norwegian: situasjon, stilling |
 Polish: położenie |
 Persian: وضعيت |
 Pashto: حالت، وضع، موقف: ځاى، موق |
 Portuguese: situação |
 Romanian: situaţie |
 Russian: ситуация; положение дел |
 Slovak: situácia |
 Slovenian: položaj |
 Serbian: situacija |
 Swedish: situation |
 Thai: สถานการณ์ |
 Turkish: durum, vaziyet |
 Taiwanese: 處境，境遇 |
 Ukrainian: стан, ситуація |
 Urdu: حالات، صورت حال |
 Vietnamese: tình hình, trạng thái, ho |
 Chinese: 情况，境况 |
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