Definitions for situations

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situations sit·u·a·tion

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

IPA: /ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən/

Situations is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in situations (aiinossttu).

Definitions for situations

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 situations

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

Examples for situations

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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