situation meaning

Noun: situation  `sichoo'eyshun

1. The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
   "the present international situation is dangerous"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"
   - state of affairs 
2. A condition or position in which you find yourself
   "the unpleasant situation of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
   - position 
3. A complex or critical or unusual difficulty
   "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" 
4. Physical position in relation to the surroundings
   - site 
5. A job in an organization
   - position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place

Derived forms: situations

See also: situate

Type of: business, condition, difficulty, job, line, line of work, occupation, place, position, state, status

Encyclopedia: Situation Situation, Task, Action, Result

[Business]
noun [C]

SPECIAL SITUATION

1

all the circumstances and things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place:

the present economic/financial situation

We need to analyse the market situation.

Financially, the company is in a difficult situation.

I'm in a no-win situation

(= whatever I do will be bad for me).

What we have here is a crisis situation.

You could get into a situation where you have to decide immediately.

2

the kind of area or surroundings that a building or town has:

The hotel is in a beautiful situation.

3 (old-fashioned or only used in written English)

a job ⇨ SITUATIONS VACANT

[Medicine]
n
1 : the way in which something is placed in relation to its surroundings
2 : the total set of physical, social, and psychocultural factors that act upon an individual in orienting and conditioning his or her behavior
3 : relative position or combination of circumstances at a particular moment

• either-or situation:    n. [c]a situation ...
• no-win situation:    Noun: no-win situa ...
• situation analysis:    [Business]noun [C] ...

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1. i really should straighten my situation out.
2. his assessment of the situation was spot-on.
3. the current situation is growing increasingly tense.
4. i need to get your slant on the situation.
5. i know very little about the situation there.