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situation

/ situation /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
condition status
Kinds of:
place shoes poverty trap soup stymie
noun Sense 2
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 fre"
Type of:
state
Kinds of:
acceptance ballgame new ballgame challenge childlessness
noun Sense 3
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
"the dangerous situation developed suddenly"
"that''s quite a situation"
"no human situation is simple"
Type of:
difficulty
Kinds of:
conflict of interest crisis crunch hornet's nest hornets' nest
noun Sense 4
physical position in relation to the surroundings
"the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
Type of:
position place
Kinds of:
active site locus locus of infection restriction site
Derived:
situate locate
noun Sense 5
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
Type of:
occupation business job
Kinds of:
academicianship accountantship admiralty ambassadorship apostleship
Derived:
station post base send place
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
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condition status place shoes poverty trap soup stymie state acceptance ballgame new ballgame challenge