About The Word Circumstance
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Circumstance
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What's The Definition Of Circumstance?
[n] information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
[n] formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance" [n] a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity [n] the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumstance: condition | consideration | context Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumstance: absolute fact | accepted fact | actual fact | adjunct | admitted fact | adventure | affair | appurtenance | aspect | axiom | bald fact | bare fact | bearings | brutal fact | case | circumstances | cold fact | component | conceded fact | condition | conditions | constituent | contents | datum | demonstrable fact | destiny | detail | doom | element | empirical fact | episode | established fact | estate | event | experience | fact | fact of experience | factor | feature | finances | fix | fixings | footing | formality | given fact | go | hap | happening | happenstance | hard fact | heraldry | incident | income | indisputable fact | inescapable fact | ingredient | integrant | item | jam | kismet | location | lot | makings | matter of fact | modality | mode | moira | naked fact | not guesswork | not opinion | occasion | occurrence | part | part and parcel | particular | pass | phenomenon | pickle | place | plain | plight | pomp | portion | position | positive fact | postulate | posture | predicament | pride | provable fact | rank | reality | resources | salient fact | self-evident fact | significant fact | simple fact | situation | sober fact | solemnity | specialty | spot | standing | state | state of affairs | station | status | stubborn fact | the case | the nitty-gritty | thing | turn of events | undeniable fact | weird | well-known fact See Also | case | ceremonial | ceremonial occasion | ceremony | condition | environment | event | hinge | information | justification | mitigating circumstance | observance | status Circumstance In Webster's Dictionary \Cir"cum*stance\, n. [L. circumstantia, fr.
circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around;
circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.]
1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects,
a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
The circumstances are well known in the country
where they happened. --W. Irving.
2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.
The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror
weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in
history. --Addison.
3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]
So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit
that we shake hands and part. --Shak.
4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of
property; situation; surroundings.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are
naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison.
{Not a circumstance}, of no account. [Colloq.]
{Under the circumstances}, taking all things into
consideration.
Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition;
position; fact; detail; item. See {Event}.
\Cir"cum*stance\, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. --Addison. |
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