Dictionary Definition
situation
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Situation
English
Pronunciation
- /sɪtjuːˈeɪʃən/
- /sItju:"eIS@n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its
surroundings.
- 1908: Kenneth
Grahame,
The Wind in the Willows
- ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
- 1908: Kenneth
Grahame,
The Wind in the Willows
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- A position of employment; a post.
Translations
position vis-à-vis surroundings
- Finnish: sijainti
- German: Lage
- Hebrew:
- Japanese: 状態, 状況, 境遇
- Russian: расположение, положение, ситуация
location
- Finnish: sijainti
- German: Lage
- Greek: τοποθεσία (topothesía)
- Hebrew:
- Japanese: 場所
- Russian: местоположение (m'estoložénije) , расположение
one's status with regard to circumstances
state of affairs
- Czech: situace
- Finnish: tilanne, olosuhteet, olot
- German: Situation
- Greek: κατάσταση (katástasi)
- Hebrew:
- Japanese: 状況, 情勢
- Portuguese: situação
- Russian: ситуация (situácija) , обстановка, положение
position of employment
- Finnish: työpaikka, tehtävä, asema
- German: Stellung
- Greek: θέση εργασίας (thési ergasías)
- Russian: положение, должность
See also
References
- Source for the definitions:
- Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/situation (accessed: March 10, 2007).
French
Pronunciation
- /sitɥasjɔ̃/
- /sitHasjO~/
Noun
situation (plural: situations)- situation
Extensive Definition
- ''For a definition of the word 'situation', see situation.
On August 7th, Pitchfork media announced that
Strange
Famous Records would be releasing Situation in the US.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/44702-buck-65-explains-new-1957-themed-album-isituationi
Skratch Bastid also confirmed that they had already finished a
version of the album that was sample-heavy that they were afraid to
release. This is the reason for the album's release date being
pushed back. He also said information that would lead to believe
that they would leak the original version of the album the day
after the new version's official release date.
The song "1957" makes reference to various events
in the year 1957, including the birth of punk rocker Sid Vicious,
the relocation of the Brooklyn
Dodgers to Los Angeles, the apprehension of serial killer
Ed Gein,
the
obscenity trial surrounding the Allen
Ginsberg poem "Howl", and the death
of Humphrey
Bogart. Some events mentioned in the song did not actually
occur in 1957: the marriage of Arthur
Miller to Marilyn
Monroe and the release of the film
Invasion of the Body Snatchers both happened in 1956. The song
begins identically to the beginning of the poem "Howl": "I saw the
best minds of my generation destroyed", but differs lyrically from
that point.
Track listing
- "Intro" (1:40)
- "1957" (3:57)
- "Dang" (2:38)
- "Lipstick" (3:08)
- "Shutter Buggin'" (3:27)
- "Spread 'Em" (2:50)
- "Ho-Boys" (3:46)
- "Way Back When" (3:32)
- "Cop Shades" (4:07)
- "The Beatific" (3:16)
- "Mr. Nobody" (3:02)
- "The Rebel" (3:15)
- "Benz" feat. Cadence Weapon (2:32)
- "Heatwave" (2:59)
- "The Outskirts" (3:12)
- "White Bread" (4:00)
- "Way Back When" (k-os Remix) (3:36) — Bonus track on some versions
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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