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Definition: Situation |
SituationNoun1. 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. 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. Physical position in relation to the surroundings. 4. A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "situation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Situation \Sit`u*a"tion\, noun. [from Late Latin expression situatio: compare to the French expression situation.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance found on television and occasionally in a radio format.It usually consists of recurring characters in a format (usually a 30 minute show once a week) in which there are one or more story lines centred around a common environment, such as a family home or workplace. Traditionally, situation comedies were largely self-contained, in that the characters themselves remained largely static and events in the sitcom resolved themselves by the conclusion of the show. An example of this is the animated situation comedy The Simpsons, where the characteristics of animation has rendered the characters unchanging in appearance forever -- although the characters in the show have sometimes made knowing references to this.
Others, though, use greater or lesser elements of ongoing storylines: Friends, a hugely popular sitcom of the 1990s, contains soap opera elements such as regularly resorting to an end-of-season cliffhanger, and has gradually developed the relationships of the characters.
The situation comedy format originated on radio in the 1920s. The first situation comedy is often said to be Sam and Henry which debuted on the Chicago clear-channel station WGN in 1926. The first network situation comedy was Amos & Andy which debuted on CBS in 1928, and was one of the most popular sitcoms through the 1930s.
Situation comedies have been a part of the landscape of broadcast television since its early days. The first was probably Mary Kay and Johnny, a 15 minute sitcom which debuted on the DuMont network in November of 1947. It was followed by The Goldbergs which first aired on January 17, 1949. Probably the most well-known and successful early television sitcom was I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball which is well known because the producer took the step, unusual for its time, of recording the episodes, thereby inventing reruns.
A selection of other well-known American situation comedies include Cheers, Full House, Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, Three's Company, SOAP, WKRP in Cincinnati, Golden Girls and Hogan's Heroes.
Situation comedies have been produced around the globe. Some countries have developed some distinctive features to the artform - see British sitcom for examples.
A common aspect of family sitcoms is that at some point in their run they introduce an addition to the family in the form of a new baby. However while babies are cute and give adult characters opportunities to act silly, toddlers are of little use in comedy as besides the difficulties of the "terrible twos" they basically can only look cute and say a few words - thus most sitcom kids are aged to four or five within two years of their birth - for example Family Ties "Andrew Keaton" and Growing Pains "Chrissy Seaver". Cases of sticking with the same child such as Erin Murphy's "Tabitha" on Bewitched or the Olsen twins "Michelle Tanner" on Full House are the exception to the rule.
Most contemporary situation comedies are filmed with a multicamera setup in front of a live audience, then edited and broadcast days or weeks later. This practice has not always been universal, however, especially prior to the 1970s when it became more common. Some comedies, such as M*A*S*H, were not filmed before a studio audience. (In the case of M*A*S*H, the use of multiple sets and location filming would have made this impractical).
See List of comedies for examples. See also Stand-up comedy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Situation comedy."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SITCOM | English | Situation comedy | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SituationSynonyms: berth (n), office (n), place (n), position (n), post (n), site (n), spot (n), state of affairs (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Authority | Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity). |
Business | Officiate, serve, act; act one's part, play one's part; do duty; serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of; hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation; hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation. |
Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking. | |
Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking. | |
Chance 2 | Contingency, dependence (uncertainty); situation (circumstance). |
Circumstance | Noun: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status. |
Difficulty | Nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble. |
Displacement | Adjective: displaced; Verb: unplaced, unhoused, unharbored, unestablished, unsettled; houseless, homeless; out of place, out of a situation; in the wrong place. |
Eventuality | The world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents; (chance); situation; (circumstances). |
Location | Plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment; colonization, domestication, situation; habitation; (abode); cohabitation; "a local habitation and a name"; endenization, naturalization. |
Situation | Noun: situation, position, locality, locale, status, footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose. |
Success | Conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiever, success, success story. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Situation |
| Specialty definitions using "situation": accident-prone situation, appreciation of the situation ♦ error-likely situation, estimate of the situation ♦ radiation situation map. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "situation": Whereness. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Situation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (circumstance, circumstances, condition, context, job, location, pass, place, position, post, situation, status), German (circumstances, condition, position, situation), Swedish (case, circumstances, condition, picture, situation, state). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So what do you think of the situation in Chechnya (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) No disrespect, sir, but he's only gonna get in my way. If I'm gonna handle the situation for you, I'm gonna have to work alone (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) A situation pregnant with possibilities and all you can think of is everybody go to sleep (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) And surely, the people in Group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in very suspicious way. For them, the situation is fifty-fifty (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.) | |
Lyrics | A compromise would surely help the situation (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC) Oh, the gravity of the situation (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) Only a certain situation you could see I'm who (Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat); performing artist: Aerosmith) THEY GOT the situation, they got me facin' (Gangsta's Paradise; performing artist: Coolio) The wrong guy, the wrong situation (Roll To Me; performing artist: Del Amitri) | |
Clever | Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. (references; author: unknown) The best way to overcome temptation is to avoid the tempting situation. (references; author: unknown) If you treat every situation like a life or death matter, be prepared to die a lot of times. (references; author: unknown) You will come across hope and despair in almost every situation. Only one of them wins each time. (references; author: unknown) I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Situation (1973) An Obvious Situation (1930) Die Sandra Situation (2003) About a Theological Situation in the Society of Spectacle (2001) The Situation in Lebanon (1977) | |
Song Titles | Groovy Situation (performing artist: Gene Chandler) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hot Shot Crew members briefed on fire situation. Credit: Unknown. |  | Workers preparing to deal with a hazardous situation. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | The Treasury Spectre, : or the Head of the Nation in a Queer Situation. / Designed by Mary Cruikshank. [I. Cruikshank]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Pilots of Fighting Squadron 41 (VF-41) singing in their ready room aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), before "zero hour" of the first day of the invasion of Morocco, 8 November 1942. Lieutenant Malcolm T. Wordell, Squadron Executive Officer, (at right) is leading the songs. Lieutenant Jacob W. Onstott is standing in the left center. Note situation board behind them, and chart of aircraft insignia at left. Credit: NAVY. |
 | USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation at time 0100 ½, just before opening fire. Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope, with other U.S. ships ahead, steaming SSW. The large white patch at left is Kolombangara and that at right is New Georgia. The large spot just off the Kolombangara shore is the Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame, both of which were sunk in this action. Credit: NAVY. |  | The heads of two great nations have at last come to the situation of the two goats in the fable . . . Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . . Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Situation wanted. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Diagram comparing the situation of the soul in the brain of civilized man and the Prussian anthropoid. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Democratic situation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Maltreatment 3" by Per Hardestam Commentary: "Me and my wife in a very furious situation. Yes, it's fake." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Churchill | Genius is independent of situation. |
Charles Dickens | Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse. |
F. L. Lucan | The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. |
Jean Paul Richter | Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. |
Michael Korda | Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to ''make'' your luck by being always prepared. |
Paul J. Meyer | Enthusiasm is emotion management; The ability to control the emotional temperature of any personal situation. |
Seneca | Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Hamilton, of New York,) expressing their unanimous conviction that it might essentially tend to advance the interests of the Union if the States by which they were respectively delegated would concur, and use their endeavors to procure the concurrence of the other States, in the appointment of commissioners to meet at Philadelphia on the Second Monday of May following, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when agreed to by them and afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State, would effectually provide for the same. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Since the development of class antagonism keeps even pace with the development of industry, the economic situation, as they find it, does not as yet offer to them the material conditions for the emancipation of the proletariat. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Council, taking account of the geographical situation and circumstances of each State, shall formulate plans for such reduction for the consideration and action of the several Governments. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In this country you are all so well-informed about the Far East, and such devoted friends of China, that I do not need to expatiate on the situation there. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1899) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | It was merely a blind to conceal his real situation with another |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Never was a situation more critical, never calmness more complete |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Let me suggest a few comparisons, that some one may convey an idea of my situation. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This type of situation is called “regression. (references) | |
Doctors call this situation intractable epilepsy. (references) | ||
Remember that you've coped with this situation before. (references) | ||
Business | Saigon Postel is in a similar start up situation. (references) | |
The tax situation on cars does not favor imports. (references) | ||
This has been the situation over the past twenty years. (references) | ||
Children | Cuba | They blamed the Government's lack of will for this situation. (references) |
Haiti | Society holds such children in little regard, and the poor state of the economy worsened their situation. (references) | |
Sweden | However, if the situation warrants, authorities may remove children from their homes and place them in foster care. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Peru | The police managed each situation and maintained control over the crowd without using violence. (references) |
Burma | However, obtaining an informal approval from local authorities creates a tenuous legal situation. (references) | |
Russia | However, for those that were registered before the passage of the 1997 law, the situation was somewhat better. (references) | |
Discrimination | Mauritania | Societal discrimination against women, strongly rooted in traditional society, is endemic, although the situation continued to improve. (references) |
Portugal | The Constitution forbids discrimination based on ancestry, sex, language, origin, religion, political or ideological convictions, education, economic situation, or social condition; however, some discrimination against women and ethnic minorities persisted. (references) | |
Economic History | Costa Rica | The fiscal situation is more difficult. (references) |
Human Rights | Uganda | Okwir described his situation as self-imposed exile. (references) |
Dominican Republic | However, a number of cases demonstrate that this often is not the situation. (references) | |
Ghana | Members of the 64th Infantry Regiment were dispatched to control the situation. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | One NGO advocate asserts that the land rights situation of the Orang Asli continues to decline, as land previously set aside as Orang Asli reserve is being re-zoned for development use. (references) |
Minorities | Slovenia | Roma reported discrimination in employment, which in turn complicated their housing situation. (references) |
Pakistan | Backed by crowds of 100 to 200 persons, the mullahs purportedly denounce Ahmadis and their founder, a situation that sometimes leads to violence. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The FMC continues to monitor the situation. (references) |
BELGIUM | Belgium's unemployment situation improved slowly last year. (references) | |
UKRAINE | The strength of the hryvnia is mirrored in Ukraine's foreign reserve situation. (references) | |
Political Rights | East Timor | In the latter part of 2000, disagreement within the CNRT complicated the political situation. (references) |
Georgia | The OSCE noted that the situation deteriorated during the counting process and that, in general, procedural safeguards were not implemented. (references) | |
Czech Republic | A citizenship law passed in September 1999 remedied the situation for some persons, predominantly Roma, who lacked voting and other rights due to restrictions under the previous citizenship laws. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | The U.S. government continues to monitor the situation. (references) |
Nigeria | The confusing situation at the ports has been worsened by the introduction of 100 percent destination inspection. (references) | |
Morocco | Foreign companies have complained of irregularities in government procurement procedures, but the situation is improving. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | The security situation in Honduras requires caution. (references) |
Vietnam | Open collar shirts and slacks may be worn to more informal meetings depending on the situation. (references) | |
Ecuador | Travelers are advised to pay close attention to the news media in Quito for updates on the situation. (references) | |
Women | Kyrgyz Republic | Women's groups expressed particular concern about the situation of rural women. (references) |
Finland | In such cases, the law provides for correction of the situation as well as compensation for the complainant. (references) | |
Guinea | In May 2000, the Government instituted a working plan to analyze the situation of women and children in the country. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Morocco | Responses to cases of child maid abuse vary depending on the situation. (references) |
Armenia | The extent to which this affects the overall economic situation is unknown. (references) | |
Suriname | They must appeal to the inspectorate to declare the workplace situation unsafe. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, jugum, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Meyers | We're doing very well. We certainly would prefer that the circumstance wouldn't be the way it is. But on the other hand, if we're having to face the situation, and we're going to do it by trusting God rather than questioning him, and that helps us. |
Bob Woodward | Well it looks like one now, but given the situation the first President Bush and his team and the coalition we're in, remember, they had a U.N. resolution authorizing force to get Saddam out of Kuwait. |
Chuck Hagel | Bob, I think you always must take the worst-case scenario in a situation like this, and you must always just assume the worst, especially with Saddam Hussein. |
Dennis Miller | Look, you have to admit that Israel is in more of a no-win situation than a Ballpark Frank entering the Westminster Dog Show. |
John McCain | Sure. There's always that possibility, but I believe that there are very capable professionals in the Justice Department, and I think that the attorney general made the right decision turning this situation over to them. |
Marla Hanson | I mean, there are things that trigger a sound, a smell, a certain situation, a feeling of helplessness. |
Michael Oxley | Mike Castle's a great guy and former governor, and he could be right, unless we fall down on the job of correcting the situation, but we're not going to fall down on the job. |
Priscilla Presley | Right. So maybe now, more than ever, if there was to be anyone that understood my situation, it would be my daughter. |
Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan | The response has been very gratifying, as I said. But I have been so preoccupied about the situation in the Middle East that I haven't been able to be quite as excited as many around me. |
Ronald Reagan | Well, I can't answer that, because not being there and not in that situation and never having had the thing of the United Nations in a situation of this kind, I just don't know what my position would be. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Nevertheless, to guard against sudden and predatory incursions the situation of some of our principal sea ports demands your consideration. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Their situation and manners place the commerce between the two sexes almost without restraint. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Your attention is respectfully invited to the situation of the District of Columbia. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Kuznetsov to New York to help U Thant in his noble efforts aimed at eliminating the present dangerous situation. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Soon I will submit to the Congress a detailed report on that situation. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | If I conclude that increased enemy action jeopardizes our remaining forces in Vietnam, I shall not hesitate to take strong and effective measures to deal with that situation. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Following a careful review of the situation, I recently extended the suspension of grain sales to the Soviet Union. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | To talk of meeting the present situation by increasing taxes is a Band-Aid solution which does nothing to cure an illness that's been coming on for half a century--to say nothing of the fact that it poses a real threat to economic recovery. |
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| "Situation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Situation" is used about 15,961 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15,961 | 584 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "situation": a desperate situation ♦ application for a situation ♦ appreciation of situation ♦ appreciation of the situation ♦ awkward situation ♦ be unacquainted with the situation ♦ business cyclical situation ♦ critical situation ♦ dangerous situation ♦ demographic situation ♦ difficult situation ♦ difficulties resident in the situation ♦ economic situation ♦ estimate of situation ♦ estimate of the situation ♦ factual situation ♦ favorable situation ♦ favourable situation ♦ final situation ♦ financial situation ♦ have the situation under control ♦ hold a situation ♦ hopeless situation ♦ horizontal situation indication ♦ ice situation ♦ in an awkward situation ♦ in an emergency situation ♦ laugh off an embarrassing situation ♦ league situation ♦ life and death situation ♦ no win situation ♦ noncombat situation ♦ open rate situation ♦ opening situation ♦ out of a situation ♦ permanent situation ♦ precarious situation ♦ present situation ♦ psychological situation ♦ radiation situation map ♦ report situation ♦ save the situation ♦ she is mistress of the situation ♦ should the situation arise ♦ shuffle out of a tricky situation ♦ situation circumstance ♦ situation comedy ♦ situation index ♦ situation map ♦ situation report ♦ sticky situation ♦ surroundings situation ♦ synoptic situation ♦ ugly situation ♦ unbearable situation ♦ uncomfortable situation ♦ unpleasant situation ♦ vertical situation display. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "situation": situation-bound, situation-comedy, situation-fragment, situation-free, situation-independent, situation-specific. | |
Ending with "situation": client-situation, family-situation, life-situation, mob-situation, use-situation, work-situation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "situation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | toestand (circumstances, condition, state), situasie (circumstances, condition, state). (various references) | |
Albanian | gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, picture, position, posture, rating, shape, state, status, the right, way). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقام (key, locality, seat, site, status), موقف (attitude, garage, halt, park, parking lot, position, shutoff, stance, stand, station, stop, taxi stand), موقع (locale, locality, location, place, point, position, post, rhythmic, scene, site, spot, subscriber), موضع (locale, locality, locus, object, objectify, place, position, seat, site, spot), مركز (center, center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, position, post, seat, settled, site, spot, station), وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, picture, place, plight, pose, position, posture, rate, shape, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), حال (adverb, circumstance, condition, solvent), عمل (act, action, aggravation, berth, business, deed, elaborate, employment, engagement, fag, feat, function, gird on, job, labor, labour, making, occupation, place, pursuit, racket, see, task, work), ظرف (aggravation, charm, circumstance, envelope, esprit, occurrence, particularity, receptacle, wit, wittiness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | служба (body, duty, employment, function, job, office, place, position, post, room, service), разположение (collocation, disposal, disposition, emplacement, lay, liking, mood, placement, tune), работа (affair, avocation, berth, billet, business, char, concern, dealings, do, employ, employment, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, lay, line, matter, occasions, occupation, operation, part, performance, place, ploy, proceedings, proposition, run, running, service, shebang, shop, show, thing, undertaking, work, working, workmanship), обстановка (environment, scene, setting), положение (aspect, capacity, circumstance, fettle, footing, juncture, lay, place, placement, plight, point, position, posture, provision, set, set up, siege, standing, state, train, way), длъжност (appointment, office, place, position, post). (various references) | |
Chinese | 狀況 (condition, state), 事態 (existing state of affairs), 情況 (circumstances, state of affairs), 情形 (circumstances), 情况 (Condition), 情 (emotion, feeling, passion), 況 (moreover), 氣候 (atmosphere, climate), 形式 (circumstance, form, shape), 形勢 (circumstances, terrain), 局面 (aspect, phase), 局勢 (state), 局 (office, set or round office), 場合 (occasion). (various references) | |
Czech | situace (ball game, conditions, setup, state of affairs), postavení (emplacement, erection, position, posture, rank, state, station, status), poloha (aspect, lie, place, position, site), místo (accommodation, appointment, instead of, job, locus, part, place, post, room, space, spot, stand, standing, venue). (various references) | |
Danish | tilstand (circumstances, condition, state). (various references) | |
Dutch | situatie (circumstances, condition, state), stand van zaken (circumstances, condition). (various references) | |
Esperanto | situacio (circumstances, condition). (various references) | |
Faeroese | støða (circumstances, condition, position, site, state), væri (circumstances, condition), umstøður (circumstance, circumstances, condition), kor (circumstances, condition, possibility). (various references) | |
Farsi | موقعیت (Berth, Case, Lie, Location, Occasion, Pertinence, Plot, Position), موقع (Occasion, Period, Room, Term), محل (Locale, Locality, Location, Place, Room, Site, Spot, Stead), وضعیت (Case, Condition, Estate, Position, Qualification, Status), وضع (Aspect, Behavior, Deduction, Demeanour, Gesture, Imposition, Lie, Mien, Ordonnance, Phase, Poise, Pose, Position, Posture, Self, Setup, Speed, Stance, Station, Status, Stick, Trim), حالت (Attitude, Case, Condition, Estate, Grain, If, Mood, Pose, Posture, Predicament, Self, Speed, Stance, State, Status, Temper, Temperament, Trim, Vein), حال (Health, Mood, Pep, Self, State, Status), جایگزینی , جا (Berth, Case, Emplacement, House, Lieu, Locality, Location, Lodge, Place, Receptacle, Room, Seat, Site, Socket, Space, Station, Stead, Vacancy, Vacantness), شغل (Employ, Job, Metier, Occupation, Office, Position, Post, Profession, Trade, Vocation, Work). (various references) | |
Finnish | tilanne (circumstances, condition, position), asiantila (state of things), asema (depot, location, position, site, stage, state, station, status, stop). (various references) | |
French | situation (site). (various references) | |
German | Situation (circumstances, condition, position), Lage (circumstances, condition, lay, layer, lie, locality, location, pitch, position, presentation, register, round, site, thickness), Zustand (circumstances, condition, habit, order, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάσταση (case, circumstance, condition, fettle, list, plight, predicament, state, statement, status), θέση (capacity, class, condition, exposure, job, place, position, post, seat, site, standing, station, status, stead, thesis). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | gjendje (circumstances, condition). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משרה (appointment, dominion, job, office, position, post, spot), מקום (abode, locality, location, place, premises, site, spot, stead, whereabouts), מצב (condition, fettle, garrison, occasion, position, post, shape, stand, state, status), רקע (background, foundation, milieu, setting), סביבה (company, entourage, environment, locality, midst, milieu, neighbourhood, setting, surrounding, vicinity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | helyzet (aspect, attitude, bearing, footing, juncture, lay, lie, location, occasion, plight, pos, position, predicament, setting, site, stance, state, station, status, things are coming to a crisis). (various references) | |
Indonesian | letak (lie), kedudukan (position, ranking, standing, state), keadaan (condition, entity, plight, procurement, provisioning, supplying), hal (case, fact, instance, item, matter), duduk (dwell, live, recide, sit, state), adanya (existence, presence). (various references) | |
Italian | situazione (set up, state), posizione (arrangement, attitude, bearing, bearings, emplacement, footing, function, job, layout, lead, level, lie, location, place, position, posture, ranking, setting, stall, stand, standing, state, surroundings). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 状況 (circumstances, state of affairs). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | わけ (can be deduced, circumstances, division, draw, meaning, reason, sharing, tie), はたいろ, じじょう (circumstances, conditions, consideration, deferring to another, magnetic field, multiplyingby itself, reasons, second power, self-cleansing, self-purification, squaring, the next article, the next entry), じょうせい (ancient times, antiquity, breed, brew, circumstances, condition, foment, luxury binding, state of affairs, state of things, superior make), じょうきょう (circumstances, proceeding to the capital, state of affairs), じょうたい (circumstances, condition, direct style, normal state, state, thigh, upper part of the body), じきょく (circumstances, NS magnetic pole), じたい (circumstances, font, itself, lettering, present state of affairs, refusal, type), けいせい (administration, beauty, condition, conduct of state affairs, courtesan, formation, government, prospects, prostitute, siren, sound of a valley stream, train line Tokyo - Narita, warning), けいきょう (business climate, Management Conference, Nestorianism, outlook), ようたい (appearance, condition, form), はたらきぐち (employment, opening, position), むき (aspect, direction, exposure, indefinite, inorganic, lacking seasonal references, suitability), たいよう (important point, ocean, outline, solar, summary, sun, terms), いち (fair, location, market, one, place, position), かざぐも (elements, state of affairs, winds and clouds), ばあい (case), ふううん (elements, state of affairs, winds and clouds), くもゆき (look of the sky, signs, turn of affairs, weather), きょく (affair, big frame, channel, climax, culmination, department, extreme, extremity, height, nadir, piece of music, pole, tune, zenith), きょくめん (aspect, checkerboard, curved surface), くらい (about, almost, as, at least, court order, crown, dark, dignity, enough to, gloomy, grade, nobility, occupying a position, rank, rather, throne), しぎ (city assemblyman, conference, conjecture, consultation, criticism behind one's back, developments, guess, outcome, personal opinion, practice jump, sandpiper, snipe), たちば (position, standpoint), シチュエーション . (various references) | |
Korean | 상황 (Circumstance, circumstances, Condition). (various references) | |
Manx | stayd (circumstanced, condition, domain, estate, pomp, position, state), staartey (assignment, billet), soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, station, synchronize). (various references) | |
Papiamen | situacion (circumstances, condition). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ituationsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | situação (circumstances, condition, degree, emplacement, fettle, laity, lay, lie, location, peonage, portability, position, posture, proposition, site, state), posição (billet, circumstances, condition, contradictory, design, diagram, emplacement, flag-station, footing, level, lie, plan, plane, plant, position, ranking, see, set, stance, station, status), condição (circumstances, clause, coefficient, condition, fig, footing, kilter, kind, order, plight, posture, proviso, requirement, state, status, stipulation, terms). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | situação. (various references) | |
Quechua | pacha. (various references) | |
Romanian | stare (class, condition, estate, fortune, humor, humour, keep, plight, posture, property, rank, remaining, repose, rest, sort, standing, state, station, way, wealth), slujbã (berth, celebration, duty, employ, employment, office, post, service, spot, work), situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, footing, location, position, posture, report, setting, site, state), serviciu (attendance, berth, department, employ, employment, Favor, favour, job, ministration, ministry, office, position, service, turn), poziţie (attitude, bearing, hang, line up, locality, locus, place, position, set, setting, site, stand, standing, standpoint, view), ocupaţiune (activity, business, employment, holding, tenure, trade), ocupaţie (activity, business, duty, employment, engagement, holding, job, metier, occupation, profession, trade, work), lucru (act, activity, article, belongings, business, cert, deed, employment, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, thing, things, traps, work, working), condiţie (circumstances, condition, if, plight, rank, requisite, sort, state, station, status, stipulation, terms, way), cãpãtuialã (money making). (various references) | |
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