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Definitions for situation:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Situation \Sit`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.] 1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation. [1913 Webster] 2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case. [1913 Webster] A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] 3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene. [1913 Webster] There's situation for you! there's an heroic group! --Sheridan. [1913 Webster] 4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government. [1913 Webster] Syn: State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See State. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
situation n 1: 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"- Franklin D.Roosevelt [syn: state of affairs] 2: 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" [syn: 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; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" [syn: site] 5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "situation": Anschauung, abode, alentours, allocation, ambience, ambit, angle, angle of vision, appointment, area, assignment, bargain, basis, bearings, bench mark, berth, billet, borderlands, capacity, case, character, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstance, circumstances, collocation, compass, condition, connection, context, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, district, emplacement, employment, engagement, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, estate, eye, fix, footing, frame of reference, framework, gestalt, gestation, gig, gravidity, habitat, hole, incumbency, jam, job, kettle of fish, lading, latitude and longitude, lieu, light, loading, locale, locality, localization, locating, location, locus, lot, mental outlook, milieu, modality, mode, moonlighting, neighborhood, office, opening, outlook, outposts, outskirts, packing, pass, perimeter, periphery, pickle, picture, pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plight, point, point of view, position, positioning, post, posting, posture, precincts, predicament, purlieus, putting, rank, reference system, regard, region, reposition, respect, second job, service, setting, side, sight, site, situs, slant, spot, spotting, stand, standing, standpoint, state, state of affairs, station, stationing, status, status quo, stead, storage, stowage, suburbs, surroundings, system, tenure, total environment, universe, vacancy, vicinage, vicinity, view, viewpoint, where, whereabout, whereabouts

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