A circumstance is the condition in which something happens. Say you were at a business luncheon and you were accidentally fed psychedelic mushrooms in your ravioli, your boss might excuse the weird things you said, given the circumstance.
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
Noun
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
Noun
formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
Noun
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
Noun
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
n.
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way
affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
n.
An event; a fact; a particular incident.
n.
Circumlocution; detail.
n.
Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of
property; situation; surroundings.
v. t.
To place in a particular situation; to supply
relative incidents.
Circumstance
The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.2.
The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqoeror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in histery.3.
So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that shake hands and part.4.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Circumstance
The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner.
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
To place in a particular situation; to suppy relative incidents.
Usage Examples
The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.
People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.
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Other Usage ExamplesBeing an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.
The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.
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