different between situation vs illustration
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
situation From the web:
- what situation is an example of artificial selection
- what situational irony
- what situation mean
- what situation results from a frameshift mutation
- what situation did archibald
- what situation might develop in a population
- what situation would be an example of an exploit
- what situation below is subjunctive
illustration
English
Etymology
From Middle French illustration, from Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).Morphologically illustrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: il?lus?tra?tion
Noun
illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)
- The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
- That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
- A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
- A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)
Translations
Descendants
- Japanese: ????
References
French
Etymology
From Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.lys.t?a.sj??/
Noun
illustration f (plural illustrations)
- illustration
- photo, picture
Related terms
- illustrer
Further reading
- “illustration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
illustration From the web:
- what illustration means
- what illustrations are in euros
- what illustration technique uses downsampling
- what illustration can be drawn from the picture
- what illustration symbolizes astronomy
- what illustration of drawing symbolizes astronomy
- what illustration have you formed
- what is illustration and example
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- situation vs illustration
- slavish vs cringing
- pile vs corps
- stack vs mound
- loathing vs vindictiveness
- undercover vs cloudy
- elated vs fervent
- squally vs blustery
- conflict vs match
- authoritative vs unrestricted
- apportionment vs demarcation
- gesture vs showing
- sneaky vs vile
- flock vs team
- unsparing vs vindictive
- merit vs skill
- flattering vs attractive
- fell vs harsh
- inbred vs hereditary
- discern vs guess