situation
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[edit] English
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- scituation (hyper‐correct, obsolete)
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From French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).
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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.
- (UK) A position of employment; a post.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- (informal, euphemistic) A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- Boss, we've got a situation here. . .
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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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[edit] References
- 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 (all meanings)
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situation c.
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Declension of situation
| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | situation | situationen | situationer | situationerna |
| genitive | situations | situationens | situationers | situationernas |