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Meaning circumstances meaning

What does circumstances mean?

circumstances

— noun (= fortune, fate, luck, lot, portion) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) whatever my fortune may be deserved a better fate has a happy lot the luck of the Irish a victim of circumstances success that was her portion — noun a person's financial situation (good or bad) he found himself in straitened circumstances

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situation condition state environment conditions reason status state of affairs details reasons position particulars meaning convenience cause station standing portion matter luck lot fortune fate disposition destiny case business vicinity truth trouble things thing surroundings subsistence states state of things situations significance sight setting secret secrecy scene quantification public office prospect privacy plot plight phase

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Grammar General words Thing

Situation

What words refer to a situation that affects what can happen or what people can do?

situation circumstances environment climate conditions the lay of the land which way the wind blows scenario
What words refer to the situation a person is in?

situation circumstances position case plight
What words indicate that something must happen or cannot happen because of the situation?

under the circumstances in the circumstances given the circumstances given the situation as it is as things stand force of circumstances the way things are

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