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UK
/sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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a condition or position in which you find yourself
the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
found herself in a very fortunate situation -
a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury -
physical position in relation to the surroundings
the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides -
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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 fresh meaning for every new social situation -
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
no human situation is simple
that's quite a situation
the dangerous situation developed suddenly
How To Use situation In A Sentence
- She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
- There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner? Canada and the Empire
- There were a few awkward social situations. Times, Sunday Times
- There were a few awkward social situations. Times, Sunday Times
- A lot of teachers expect the situation to worsen over the next few years.
- On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
- Her mother has written to him explaining the situation but has not heard back.
- He judged the present situation badly.
- No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
- There have been a number of situations with the young Belgian where had he not taken evasive action he would have been clobbered. The Sun