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Antonyms for situation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sich-oo-ey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən |
Definition of situation
Origin :- early 15c., "place, position, or location," from Middle French situation or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio) "a position, situation," noun of action from past participle stem of situare "to place, locate" (see situate). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1710; meaning "employment post" is from 1803.
- noun place of activity
- noun circumstances, status
- noun employment status
- His own situation was described as happy as it could be in a foreign land.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- You are welcome to all the comfort you can find in your present situation.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But for the knowledge that he was a prisoner, Robert would have enjoyed his present situation.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- They had talked afterward so feverishly, as if to forget their situation.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Briefly she outlined the situation to Emma, who had long been her confidante.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- He declared that the Government had found, and not made, the situation in Egypt and the Soudan.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- It would have taken a man of supernerve to outface that situation.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But as for Will, he was too angry to see the fun of the situation.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Yet the consciousness of my situation does not always make me sad.
- Extract from : « Fragments from The Journal of a Solitary Man » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Working with God he is always master of the situation as it affects him.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Synonyms for situation
- appointment
- ballgame
- bargain
- bearings
- berth
- billet
- capacity
- case
- character
- condition
- connection
- direction
- employment
- engagement
- footing
- hire
- how things stack up
- job
- latitude
- like it is
- locale
- locality
- location
- locus
- longitude
- mode
- office
- picture
- place
- placement
- plight
- position
- post
- posture
- profession
- rank
- scene
- seat
- setting
- site
- size of it
- sphere
- spot
- stage
- standing
- standpoint
- state
- state of affairs
- station
- status quo
- trade
- where
- whereabouts
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