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Definition of Situation
1. Noun. The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time. "Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Absurd, The Absurd, Acceptance, Ballgame, New Ballgame, Challenge, Childlessness, Complication, Crowding, Disequilibrium, Element, Environment, Equilibrium, Exclusion, Fish Bowl, Fishbowl, Goldfish Bowl, Hotbed, Inclusion, Intestacy, Picture, Scene, Prison, Prison House, Rejection, Size, Size Of It, Square One, Status Quo, Thing
2. Noun. A condition or position in which you find yourself. "Found herself in a very fortunate situation"
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Place, Shoes, Poverty Trap, Soup, Stymie, Stymy
3. Noun. A complex or critical or unusual difficulty. "No human situation is simple"
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
4. Noun. Physical position in relation to the surroundings. "The sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
Generic synonyms: Place, Position
Specialized synonyms: Active Site, Close Quarters, Locus, Locus Of Infection, Restriction Site, Antigenic Determinant, Determinant, Epitope
Derivative terms: Situate
5. Noun. A job in an organization. "He occupied a post in the treasury"
Generic synonyms: Business, Job, Line, Line Of Work, Occupation
Specialized synonyms: Academicianship, Accountantship, Admiralty, Ambassadorship, Apostleship, Apprenticeship, Associateship, Attorneyship, Bailiffship, Baronetage, Bishopry, Episcopate, Cadetship, Caliphate, Captaincy, Captainship, Cardinalship, Chairmanship, Chancellorship, Chaplaincy, Chaplainship, Chieftaincy, Chieftainship, Clerkship, Commandership, Commandery, Comptrollership, Consulship, Controllership, Councillorship, Councilorship, Counsellorship, Counselorship, Curacy, Curatorship, Custodianship, Deanery, Deanship, Directorship, Discipleship, Editorship, Eldership, Emirate, Fatherhood, Fatherhood, Foremanship, Generalcy, Generalship, Governorship, Headship, Headship, Hot Seat, Incumbency, Inspectorship, Instructorship, Internship, Judgeship, Judicature, Khanate, Lectureship, Legateship, Legation, Legislatorship, Librarianship, Lieutenancy, Magistracy, Magistrature, Managership, Manhood, Marshalship, Mastership, Mayoralty, Messiahship, Moderatorship, Overlordship, Pastorate, Pastorship, Peasanthood, Plum, Praetorship, Precentorship, Preceptorship, Prefecture, Prelacy, Prelature, Premiership, Presidency, Presidentship, Primateship, Principalship, Priorship, Proconsulate, Proconsulship, Proctorship, Chair, Professorship, Protectorship, Public Office, Rabbinate, Receivership, Rectorate, Rectorship, Regency, Residency, Rulership, Sainthood, Secretaryship, Feudal Lordship, Seigneury, Seigniory, Senatorship, Sinecure, Solicitorship, Speakership, Stewardship, Studentship, Teachership, Thaneship, Throne, Treasurership, Tribuneship, Trusteeship, Vice-presidency, Viceroyship, Viziership, Wardenship, Wardership, Womanhood
Derivative terms: Officiate, Place, Place, Place, Post
Definition of Situation
1. n. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
Definition of Situation
1. Noun. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings. ¹
2. Noun. The place in which something is situated; a location. ¹
3. Noun. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances. ¹
4. Noun. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. ¹
5. Noun. (U.K.) A position of employment; a post. ¹
6. Noun. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Situation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Situation
1. The aggregate of biological, psychological, and sociological factors that affect an individual's behavioural pattern. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Situation
Literary usage of Situation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1804)
"Situation of Byzan tium. by the legions of Britain. The Italians, who had received
Constantine as their deliverer, submissively obeyed the edicts which he ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"In 1810 the situation had grown perceptibly gloomier. ... To the complexity of
the polii ¡cai situation was added the further difficulty that from the ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"Situation OF THE BLACK POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND DANGERS WITH WHICH
ITS PRESENCE THREATENS THE WHITES Why it is more difficult to abolish slavery ..."
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"The lovers hardly realize even now their situation: that they are awake. 2At this
point there is a reconciliation of the men. ..."