Situation

Noun

 * 1) The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) The place in which something is situated; a location.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
 * 2) The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
 * 3)  A position of employment; a post.
 * 4) * 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.
 * 1)  A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
 * 2) * Boss, we've got a situation here. ..

Synonyms

 * condition, set up

Related terms

 * site
 * situate
 * situated
 * situationism

Adjectives for Situation
sentimental; silly; messiest; equivocal; dramatic; ticklish; cheerful; recurrent; enviable; unpleasant; extreme; alarming; horrifying; tragic; embarrassing; peculiar; speech; tense; detrimental; momentous; dangerous; farcical; desolate; unique; slippery; economic; international; effective; social; urgent; charming; analogous; painful; dependent; aggravating; remote; material; depressing; financial; defiant; unhappy; countless (pi); rational; humorous; precise; secluded; curious; relative; important; insular; hopeless; lonesome; incredible; immoral; dismal; strategical; favorable; arduous; defenseless; conspicuous; parlous; dispersed; pragmatic; dismaying; strained; unfortunate; picturesque; melancholy; appalling; commanding; accessible; ridiculous; subordinate; paradoxical; delicate; difficult; much-coveted; awkward; isolated; distressing; diplomatic; precarious; sequestered; desperate; exposed;  forfeited;  military; healthy; romantic; comfortable; fearful; perilous; ironic; anomalous.

Verbs for Situation
alleviate—; alter—; analyze—; barge into (colloq.)—; contemplate—; control—; crash into—; define—; denounce—; dismiss—; dramatize—; clarify—; command—; conceive—; confess—; cope with—; create—; cripple—; deal with—; divulge—; evaluate —; exaggerate—; excogitate—s; gloss over —; grapple with—; grasp—; handle—; master—; plunge into—; ponder over—; re¬lieve—; remedy—; resolve—; save—; sense —; size up—; soften—; sum up—; tak stock of—; trace—; unscramble—; utilize—; view—; visualize—; —aggravates; —appeals; —s arise; —baffles; —calculates; carries; —clears; —confronts; —demon¬strates; —develops; —discloses; —disturbs; —dominates; —eases; —grows; —illumin¬ates; —intensifies; —portrays; —recurs; — relaxes; —relinquishes;  —revolves;  — solves; —suffers; mull over—; neglect—; overdramatize—.

Thesaurus
Anschauung, abode, alentours, allocation, ambience, ambit, angle, angle of vision, appointment, area, assignment, bargain, basis, bearings, bench mark, berth, billet, borderlands, capacity, case, character, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstance, circumstances, collocation, compass, condition, connection, context, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, district, emplacement, employment, engagement, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, estate, eye, fix, footing, frame of reference, framework, gestalt, gestation, gig, gravidity, habitat, hole, incumbency, jam, job, kettle of fish, lading, latitude and longitude, lieu, light, loading, locale, locality, localization, locating, location, locus, lot, mental outlook, milieu, modality, mode, moonlighting, neighborhood, office, opening, outlook, outposts, outskirts, packing, pass, perimeter, periphery, pickle, picture, pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plight, point, point of view, position, positioning, post, posting, posture, precincts, predicament, purlieus, putting, rank, reference system, regard, region, reposition, respect, second job, service, setting, side, sight, site, situs, slant, spot, spotting, stand, standing, standpoint, state, state of affairs, station, stationing, status, status quo, stead, storage, stowage, suburbs, surroundings, system, tenure, total environment, universe, vacancy, vicinage, vicinity, view, viewpoint, where, whereabout, whereabouts

Etymology
From situation: <  situatio: < situare: <  situs:.

Translations

 * Arabic: حالة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מיקום
 * Hungarian: fekvés


 * Japanese:, , 境遇,
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: läge, plats, placering
 * Thai: สถานการณ์
 * Ukrainian: ситуація


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: τοποθεσία (topothesía),
 * Hebrew: מיקום


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: plats


 * Arabic: حالة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,  境遇
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: (katástasi)
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, , 境遇


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, situaţie
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: plats, status, ställning
 * Telugu: స్థితి (sthiti)


 * Arabic: حالة
 * Bengali: পরিস্থিতি
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,  境遇,  情勢,  情势
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (katástasi)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, viszonyok


 * Japanese:, 情勢
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: läge, ställning, situation
 * Telugu: పరిస్థితి (paristhiti)
 * Ukrainian: обстановка, ситуація


 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , munkaalkalom


 * Romanian:, posturi
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: plats, ställning, tjänst, anställning


 * : situatie, ligging , toestand
 * : situazione
 * : 상황 (chenghang), 처지 (cheoji)
 * : situação
 * : situation

Anagrams

 * titanious

Noun

 * 1)  all meanings

Noun

 * 1) a situation

Related terms

 * nödsituation
 * situationskomik

Synonyms

 * läge