situation
IPA: sɪtʃuˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- (UK) A position of employment; a post.
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- (US, film industry) An individual movie theater.
- (slang) An outfit, garment, or look.
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Examples of "situation" in Sentences
- The situation was brutal.
- The situation is hopeless.
- The situation is pressing.
- It's the reality of the situation.
- That's the reality of the situation.
- Are you undismayed to the situation
- Calming the situation is the priority.
- Be thankful for the positive aspects of the situation.
- The position of the parliament in the present situation is unclear.
- I mentioned the Sea Org as a positive byproduct of the situation he was in.
- What's unsettling about the Marvin situation is that you don't know what's going to happen.
- Coming into that family she faces a certain situation, and that situation is what I call world politics.
- In order to stress the full extent of any such unit, I will sometimes employ the term situation at large.
- Getting more involved locally, and figuring out what's happening with the label situation here in the States.
- The ultimate win situation is to have the House commit to passing the Senate bill while the Senate commits to fixing its bill through reconciliation.
- If James during these acclimatizing years reflected almost constantly upon the international situation it was because he stood in that situation himself.
- By the term situation I shall refer to the full spatial environment anywhere within which an entering person becomes a member of the gathering that is or does then become present.
- Had I caved into Mike \ "The Situation\" Sorrentino\'s description of what lay ahead when he said, \ "I mean this situation is gonna be indescribable, you can\'t even describe the situation that you\'re about to get into the situation\"?
- Any fact of intellect, character, or skill means a tendency to respond in a certain way to a certain situation -- involves a _situation_ or state of affairs influencing the man, a _response_ or state of affairs in the man, and a _connection_ or bond whereby the latter is the result of the former.
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