situation

n. condition, circumstance; location, place, position; post, job, place of employment

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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) state of affairs
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) acceptance
2. 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"
(synonym) position
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) place, shoes
3. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
(hypernym) difficulty
(hyponym) conflict of interest
4. physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
(synonym) site
(hypernym) position, place
(hyponym) active site
(derivation) situate, locate
5. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
(synonym) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) academicianship

nf. situation, condition, circumstance, state, position

nf. situation; position, location, place; circumstance, context; pass, post, status