Lexic.us

Definition of Circumstances

1. Noun. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). "Success that was her portion"

2. Noun. A person's financial situation (good or bad). "He found himself in straitened circumstances"

Definition of Circumstances

1. Noun. (plural of circumstance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Circumstances

1. circumstance [n] - See also: circumstance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumstances

circumscriptly circumscriptus circumsecondary circumsolar circumspatial circumspect circumspection circumspections circumspective circumspectively

circumspectly circumspectness circumsporozoite circumstance circumstanced circumstances (current term) circumstancing circumstantial circumstantial evidence circumstantialities

circumstantiality circumstantially circumstantials circumstantiate circumstantiated circumstantiates circumstantiating circumstaunce circumstellar circumterraneous

Literary usage of Circumstances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Still, even in our present circumstances, Athenians nnd ... even from moro dreadful circumstances than tin-so. Nor should you think too meanly of yourselves ..."

2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"Accordingly, the connexions here in question, independently of any influence they may have on a man's pecuniary circumstances, have an influence on the ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"I HAYE remarked that the maintenance of democratic institutions in the United States is attributable to the circumstances, the laws, and the manners of that ..."

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