situation
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[edit] Etymology
From French situation < Mediaeval Latin situatio (“‘position, situation’”) < situare (“‘to locate, place’”) < Latin situs (“‘a site’”).
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- enPR: sĭt-jo͞o-ā'shən, IPA: /sɪtjuːˈeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /sItju:"eIS@n/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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situation (plural situations)
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- 1833: Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, p. 142
- [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
- 1833: Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, p. 142
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- A position of employment; a post.
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position vis-à-vis surroundings
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location
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one's status with regard to circumstances
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state of affairs
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position of employment
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- Source for the definitions:
- Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [1] (accessed: March 10, 2007).
- situation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- situation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- situation at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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situation f. (plural: situations)
- situation