situation
situation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case. A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity. Rogers.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- amidst
- and
- are
- aside
- aspect
- attitude
- attribution
- away
- banishment
- being
- cart
- case
- causation
- certain
- chorography
- circumjacence
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- conditional
- conditionally
- conjunctive
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- crisis
- critical
- depart
- dependence
- direction
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- dispel
- displace
- displacement
- displant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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