circumstance

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns

[edit] Noun

circumstance (plural circumstances)

1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:

     Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.

3. Circumlocution; detail.
4. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

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[edit] Derived terms

• under no circumstance
• under the circumstances

[edit] Verb

to circumstance (third-person singular simple present circumstances, present participle circumstancing, simple past and past participle circumstanced)

1. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.