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situation
English
Alternative forms
- scituation (hyper?correct, obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English situacioun, situacion, from Middle French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). Equivalent to situate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?t-yo?o-?'sh?n, s?ch-o?o-?'sh?n, IPA(key): /s?tju??e???n/, /s?t?u?(w)e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
situation (plural situations)
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- 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.
- 1833, Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, page 142:
- [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
- 1833, Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory, page 142:
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 78:
- When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
- 1946, Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie:
- You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
- And read the situations from the front to the back
- The only job that's open need a man with a knack
- So put it right back in the rack Jack.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 78:
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- Boss, we've got a situation here...
Synonyms
- (combination of circumstances): condition, set up; see also Thesaurus:state
Related terms
- site
- situate
- situated
- situationism
Translations
See also
- situation comedy, sitcom
References
- Source for the definitions:
- Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [1] (accessed: March 10, 2007).
- situation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- situation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- situation at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- titanious
French
Etymology
situer +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.t?a.sj??/
Noun
situation f (plural situations)
- situation (all meanings)
Derived terms
- mise en situation
- situation intéressante
Descendants
- ? Romanian: situa?ie
Further reading
- “situation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
situation (plural situationes)
- situation, state of affairs
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?tva??u?n/, /s?t?a??u?n/
Noun
situation c
- a situation
Declension
Synonyms
- läge
Related terms
- nödsituation
- situationskomik
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example
English
Etymology
From Middle English exaumple, example, from Old French essample (French exemple), from Latin exemplum (“a sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out (as a sample)”), from exim? (“take out”), from ex (“out”) + em? (“buy; acquire”); see exempt. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen from Old English b?sen, and Middle English byspel from Old English b?spell. Doublet of exemplum and sample.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??mpl?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /???z??mp?/
- (General Australian, US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- Rhymes: -??mp?l, -æmp?l
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ple
Noun
example (plural examples)
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Synonyms
- e.g.
- See also Thesaurus:model
- See also Thesaurus:exemplar
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- exemplar
- model
- pattern
- quotation
- template
Verb
example (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled)
- To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Further reading
- example in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- example in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- exempla
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