SITUATION
\sˌɪt͡ʃuːˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌɪ_tʃ_uː_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SITUATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
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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"
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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
By Princeton University
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a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
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Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
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Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
By Oddity Software
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Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
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Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
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Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald