"situation" in the noun sense
1. situation, state of affairs
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. situation, position
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. situation
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
"the dangerous situation developed suddenly"
"that's quite a situation"
"no human situation is simple"
4. site, situation
physical position in relation to the surroundings
"the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
5. position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
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