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circumstances definition

circumstances


 
  Grep  of  noun  circumstances 
  circumstances 
 
  Grep  of  noun  circumstance 
  circumstance 
  circumstances 
  mitigating  circumstance 
 
  Overview  of  noun  circumstances 
 
  The  noun  circumstances  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  fortune,  destiny,  fate,  luck,  lot  circumstances,  portion  --  (your  overall  circumstances  or  condition  in  life  (including  everything  that  happens  to  you):  "whatever  my  fortune  may  be";  "deserved  a  better  fate";  "has  a  happy  lot";  "the  luck  of  the  Irish";  "a  victim  of  circumstances";  "success  that  was  her  portion") 
  2.  circumstances  --  (the  state  (usually  personal)  with  regard  to  wealth;  "each  person  was  helped  according  to  his  circumstances") 
  3.  circumstances  --  (a  person's  financial  situation  (good  or  bad);  "he  found  himself  in  straitened  circumstances) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  circumstance 
 
  The  noun  circumstance  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  circumstance  --  (a  condition  that  accompanies  or  influences  some  event  or  activity) 
  2.  (8)  context,  circumstance  --  (the  set  of  facts  or  circumstances  that  surround  a  situation  or  event;  "the  historical  context") 
  3.  (3)  circumstance,  condition,  consideration  --  (information  that  should  be  kept  in  mind  when  making  a  decision;  "another  consideration  is  the  time  it  would  take") 
  4.  circumstance  --  (formal  ceremony  about  important  occasions;  "pomp  and  circumstance") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  circumstances 
  in  straitened  circumstances 
 
  Overview  of  noun  circumstances 
 
  The  noun  circumstances  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  fortune,  destiny,  fate,  luck,  lot  circumstances,  portion  --  (your  overall  circumstances  or  condition  in  life  (including  everything  that  happens  to  you):  "whatever  my  fortune  may  be";  "deserved  a  better  fate";  "has  a  happy  lot";  "the  luck  of  the  Irish";  "a  victim  of  circumstances";  "success  that  was  her  portion") 
  2.  circumstances  --  (the  state  (usually  personal)  with  regard  to  wealth;  "each  person  was  helped  according  to  his  circumstances") 
  3.  circumstances  --  (a  person's  financial  situation  (good  or  bad);  "he  found  himself  in  straitened  circumstances) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  circumstance 
 
  The  noun  circumstance  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  circumstance  --  (a  condition  that  accompanies  or  influences  some  event  or  activity) 
  2.  (8)  context,  circumstance  --  (the  set  of  facts  or  circumstances  that  surround  a  situation  or  event;  "the  historical  context") 
  3.  (3)  circumstance,  condition,  consideration  --  (information  that  should  be  kept  in  mind  when  making  a  decision;  "another  consideration  is  the  time  it  would  take") 
  4.  circumstance  --  (formal  ceremony  about  important  occasions;  "pomp  and  circumstance") 



circumstances definition