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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English situacioun, situacion, from Middle French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). By surface analysis, situate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: sĭt-yo͞o-ā'shən, sĭch-o͞o-ā'shən, IPA(key): /ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪ.t͡ʃuˈ(w)eɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]situation (plural situations)
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- The United States is in an awkward situation with debt default looming.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.
- 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
- […] 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.
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- 1833, Thomas Hibbert, Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, page 142:
- [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- (UK) A position of employment; a post.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:
- ‘Let me hear another sound from you,’ said Scrooge, ‘and you’ll keep your Christmas by losing your situation!
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 3”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
- 1946, Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie:
- You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
And read the situations from the front to the back
The only job that's open need a man with a knack
So put it right back in the rack Jack.
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
- Boss, we've got a situation here…
- (US, film industry) An individual movie theater.
- 1950, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Revenue Revision of 1950: Hearings Before the Committee, page 1805:
- This survey includes all key situations (including Paramount Gulf Theaters) as well as suburban runs and small-town situations.
- 1960, Motion Picture Herald, volumes 218-219, page 14:
- […] Craterian theatre, with a full-scale advance campaign and preliminary screenings held for opinion-makers. Results and reactions will be closely studied and, if popular, the idea will be extended to other situations.
- (slang) An outfit, garment, or look.
- She is working some sort of amazing burgundy chiffon situation with gold piping.
Synonyms
[edit]- (combination of circumstances): condition, set up; see also Thesaurus:state
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]A combination of circumstances at a particular time or location
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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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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “situation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “situation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]situation f (plural situations)
- situation (all meanings)
Derived terms
[edit]- comédie de situation
- comique de situation
- homme de la situation
- mise en situation
- situation intéressante
Descendants
[edit]- Polish: sytuacja, sytuacyja (Middle Polish); sytuacya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
- Kashubian: sytuacjô
- → Romanian: situație
Further reading
[edit]- “situation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
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[edit]situation (plural situationes)
Swedish
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[edit]situation c
Declension
[edit]Declension of situation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | situation | situationen | situationer | situationerna |
Genitive | situations | situationens | situationers | situationernas |
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