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situation

[ sich-oo-ey-shuhn ]
/ ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən /
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noun

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RELATED WORDS

specific, circumstantial, evidential, circumstanced, coincidental, contingent, environmental, provisional, inferential, incidental, situated, conditional

Nearby words

sitting trot, sittwe, situ, situate, situated, situation, situation comedy, situation ethics, situation room, situational, situational irony

Origin of situation

First recorded in 1480–90, situation is from the Medieval Latin word situātiōn- (stem of situātiō). See situate, -ion
Related formssit·u·a·tion·al, adjectivesit·u·a·tion·al·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for situational

situation

/ (ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən) /

noun

physical placement, esp with regard to the surroundings
  1. state of affairs; combination of circumstances
  2. a complex or critical state of affairs in a novel, play, etc
social or financial status, position, or circumstances
a position of employment; post
Derived Formssituational, adjective

usage

Situation is often used in contexts in which it is redundant or imprecise. Typical examples are: the company is in a crisis situation or people in a job situation. In the first example, situation does not add to the meaning and should be omitted. In the second example, it would be clearer and more concise to substitute a phrase such as people at work
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with situational

situation

see no-win situation.

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