situation

[Sit`u*a·tion]

Situation is related to the verb "situate," which means to place. A building might be situated on the top of a hill that's its position or situation.

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Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

Noun
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

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a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"

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the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fre

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a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that''s quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

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Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

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Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

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


Situation

Sit`u*a"tion , n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.] 1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation. 2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity.
3. 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!
4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government. Syn. -- State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See State.

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Usage Examples

As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someone else more than yourself and it is an unexplainable situation.

A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.

'Strictly Business' is about a young black man who is learning about himself, and that applies to a lot of young black men, those who are trying to find jobs. This film gives them a good look at that situation.

Although we hardly see each other off the set, Joy and I get along well when we do. As far as the marriage between Nathan and Haley, I think they are young and will see the reality of the situation eventually.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis.

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