SITUATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a job in an organization
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    • he occupied a post in the treasury
    Hypernyms(s) situation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • physical position in relation to the surroundings
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    • the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides
    Hypernyms(s) situation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a condition or position in which you find yourself
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    • the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
    • found herself in a very fortunate situation
    Hypernyms(s) situation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the general state of things
    • the combination of circumstances at a given time
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 fre
    Hypernyms(s) situation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  5. Meaning
    • a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
    Usage Example(s)
    • the dangerous situation developed suddenly
    • that’’s quite a situation
    • no human situation is simple
    Hypernyms(s) situation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)