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state of affairs

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. situation, state of affairsnoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. state of affairsnoun

    A specific situation; a set of circumstances.

Wikidata

  1. State of affairs

    The state of affairs is that combination of circumstances applying within a society or group at a particular time. The current state of affairs may be considered acceptable by many observers, but not necessarily by all. The state of affairs may present a challenge, or be complicated, or contain a conflict of interest. The status quo represents the existing state of affairs. Unresolved difficulties or disagreements concerning the state of affairs can provoke a crisis. Dispute resolution is naturally desired, and naturally provided, by forms of inclusive social interaction, such as consensus decision-making, which adapt, but not conveniently, from a family or tribal model to encompass a global scope. Current knowledge and discussion about the state of affairs is communicated through the media..

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of state of affairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of state of affairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of state of affairs in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    I think it's a very sad story, we're looking into it. It's a very sad state of affairs when something like that can happen.

  2. Scott Richman:

    The Jewish community is on extreme edge and this violence has got to stop, it is becoming normalized, and we simply cannot accept that as the state of affairs.

  3. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

    It was not possible to realize any of the options in my mind during the meeting today with Bahceli, the current state of affairs does not point to the possibility of a coalition. I will return the mandate if necessary after discussing it with the president.

  4. Boris Johnson:

    That's just the reality, because in the end, a sovereign, united country must have a single customs territory. When the UK withdraws from the EU that must be the state of affairs that we have.

  5. Victor Cha:

    An early indication of a downward turn in the state of affairs would be North Korean statements that they are no longer bound by their testing moratorium.


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