Definitions for situation

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situation sit·u·a·tion

Spelling: [sich-oo-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən/

Situation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in situation (aiinosttu).

Definitions for situation

noun

1. manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment:
2. a place or locality.
3. condition; case; plight:
4. the state of affairs; combination of circumstances:
5. a position or post of employment; job.
6. a state of affairs of special or critical significance in the course of a play, novel, etc.
7. Sociology. the aggregate of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors acting on an individual or group to condition behavioral patterns.

Origin of situation

First recorded in 1480-90, situation is from the Medieval Latin word situātiōn- (stem of situātiō). See situate, -ion

Examples for situation

His own situation was described as happy as it could be in a foreign land.

But for the knowledge that he was a prisoner, Robert would have enjoyed his present situation.

You are welcome to all the comfort you can find in your present situation.

Among whites, the situation is also bad — in some ways, even worse.

They had talked afterward so feverishly, as if to forget their situation.

The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.

Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.

Now half-awake, we need all the help we can get in understanding our situation.

And, he confided, the situation left him “a little depressed” as well.

Briefly she outlined the situation to Emma, who had long been her confidante.