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Meaning of situation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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:
           {situation}, {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: {situation}, {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}, {situation}]
      5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
         treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
         {spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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