what does situation mean?
SITUATION as NOUN
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- the general state of things
- the combination of circumstances at a given time
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- 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
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- a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
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- 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
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