SITUATION
Definition:
- [noun] the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
Synonyms: state of affairs
- [noun] a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
Synonyms: position
- [noun] a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
- [noun] physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
Synonyms: site
- [noun] a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Synonyms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place
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Related Words:
- acceptance
- ballgame, new ballgame
- challenge
- childlessness
- complication
- crowding
- disequilibrium
- element
- environment
- equilibrium
- exclusion
- goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl
- hotbed
- inclusion
- picture, scene
- prison, prison house
- rejection
- size, size of it
- square one
- status quo
- thing
- place, shoes
- poverty trap
- soup
- stymie
- conflict of interest
- crisis
- crunch
- hornet's nest, hornets' nest
- hot potato
- how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
- imbroglio, embroilment
- Mexican standoff
- nightmare, incubus
- no-win situation
- pass, strait, straits
- purgatory
- swamp
- time bomb, ticking bomb
- tinderbox
- urgency
- deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
- quicksand
- active site
- locus
- locus of infection
- restriction site
- academicianship
- accountantship
- admiralty
- ambassadorship
- apostleship
- apprenticeship
- attorneyship
- bailiffship
- bishopry
- cadetship
- caliphate
- captainship, captaincy
- cardinalship
- chairmanship
- chancellorship
- chaplaincy, chaplainship
- chieftaincy, chieftainship
- clerkship
- commandership, commandery
- comptrollership
- consulship
- controllership
- councillorship, councilorship
- counselorship, counsellorship
- curacy
- curatorship
- custodianship
- deanship, deanery
- directorship
- discipleship
- editorship
- eldership
- emirate
- fatherhood
- fatherhood
- foremanship
- generalship
- governorship
- headship
- headship
- hot seat
- incumbency
- inspectorship
- instructorship
- internship
- judgship, judgeship, judicature
- khanate
- lectureship
- legation, legateship
- legislatorship
- librarianship
- lieutenancy
- magistracy, magistrature
- managership
- manhood
- marshalship
- mastership
- mayoralty
- messiahship
- moderatorship
- overlordship
- pastorship, pastorate
- peasanthood
- praetorship
- precentorship
- preceptorship
- prefecture
- prelacy, prelature
- premiership
- presidency, presidentship
- primateship
- principalship
- priorship
- proconsulship, proconsulate
- proctorship
- professorship, chair
- protectorship
- public office
- receivership
- regency
- residency
- rulership
- sainthood
- secretaryship
- senatorship
- sinecure
- solicitorship
- speakership
- stewardship
- studentship
- teachership
- thaneship
- throne
- treasurership
- tribuneship
- viceroyship
- viziership
- wardenship
- wardership
- womanhood
