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Situation   /sˌɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Situation

noun
1.
The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.  Synonym: state of affairs.  "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"
2.
A condition or position in which you find yourself.  Synonym: position.  "Found herself in a very fortunate situation"
3.
A complex or critical or unusual difficulty.  "That's quite a situation" , "No human situation is simple"
4.
Physical position in relation to the surroundings.  Synonym: site.
5.
A job in an organization.  Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, spot.



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"Situation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Solomon says, 'The root of learning is bitter, although the fruit is sweet,' in order to avoid the discipline and frequent stripes inflicted on him by his preceptor, he ran away and concealed himself under the hollow bank of the river. After fasting in that situation for two days, two little men of pigmy stature appeared to him, saying, 'If you will come with us, we will lead you into a country full of delights and sports.' Assenting and rising up, he followed his guides through a path, at first subterraneous and dark, into a most beautiful ...
— Welsh Folk-Lore - a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales • Elias Owen
... amiss, for the maid who carried up the news had added that the widow was "in a pretty pore," and wore not so much as a shawl over her indoor garments. Also she knew, as well as her commoner neighbours, that the situation at Steens must be a difficult one. Now Lady Piers was a devoted and gentle-hearted woman, a loving wife and an incomparable housekeeper (the news had found her busy in her still-room), but her judgment of the young fisher-girl who had wheedled old Humphrey Stephen into ...
— Two Sides of the Face - Midwinter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... of this situation was, that, the room being full of people, both parties wished, each for his own reason, not to excite general attention, and therefore delivered scarce above a whisper the sort of matter that is generally ...
— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade
... they hide their calves for a week or ten days in some retired situation, and go and suckle them two or three times a day. If any persons come near the calves they clap their heads close to the ground to hide themselves—a proof of their native wildness. The dams allow no one to touch their young without attacking with impetuous ...
— Cattle and Their Diseases • Robert Jennings
... to see the humor of the situation, Stewart," Pryor Gaines began, with the cheery tone of a man who believes ...
— Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter


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