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Definition of State of affairs
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
Definition of State of affairs
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A specific situation; a set of circumstances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of State Of Affairs
Literary usage of State of affairs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"state of affairs in ... Shaftesbury acquitted — Argyle's trial — state of affairs
in Scotland — State of the ministry in England — New nomination of ..."
2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"state of affairs in Ireland— Shaftesbury acquitted—Argyll s trial—state of affairs
in Scotland—State of the ministry in Enlgand—New nomination of ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume (1789)
"CHAP, LXIX. i state of affairs in ... acquitted Argyles trial state of affairs
in Scotland v Slate vf the mini/try in England New nomination of ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... state of affairs, prevented him from taking more decided steps, in person,
with relation to Spain, which he would undoubtedly have done if the war there ..."
5. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... of Cadiz — Capitulation of the city — Letter of Elizabeth to the Dutch Admiral —
state of affairs in France — Proposition of the Duke of Montpensier for ..."
6. History of the Popes: Their Church and State by Leopold von Ranke, E. Fowler (1901)
"... CHAPTER FOURTH MANTUAN WAR —THIRTY YEARS' WAR —REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF
AFFAIRS THE course of human affairs, the progress of a development once begun, ..."
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