situation; state of affairs




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 fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

Type of:
  • state

Types:
  • absurd; the absurd
  • acceptance
  • ballgame; new ballgame
  • challenge
  • childlessness
  • complication
  • crowding
  • disequilibrium
  • element
  • environment
  • equilibrium
  • exclusion
  • goldfish bowl; fish bowl; fishbowl
  • hotbed
  • inclusion
  • intestacy
  • picture; scene
  • prison; prison house
  • rejection
  • size; size of it
  • square one
  • status quo
  • thing


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