state of affairs

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state of affairs
n. way of things, face of matters, description of the happenings, what is going on

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state of affairs

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) situation
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) acceptance


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state of affairs
stav věcí

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state of affairs
stan rzeczy