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noun

Situation 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.

Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case. "A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity."

Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene. "There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!"

Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

Synonyms: State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See State.

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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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