Online English Dictionary

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 fres

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"

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"

5. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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