What does "situation" mean?
Situation: Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case. A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity. Rogers.
Additional senses
- 2.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! Sheridan.
- 3.Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government. See State.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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