circumstance
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
circumstance
- That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart
- The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart
- An event; a fact; a particular incident.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:
- Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:
- Circumlocution; detail.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene v]:
- So without more circumstance at all
I hold it fit that we shake hands and part.
- Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
- May 14 1716, Joseph Addison, The Freeloader No. 42
- When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
- May 14 1716, Joseph Addison, The Freeloader No. 42
- French: circonstance
- German: Umstand
- Italian: circostanza
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Russian: обстоя́тельство
- Spanish: circunstancia
- German: Umstand
- Italian: dettaglio
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Russian: обстоя́тельство
- Spanish: circunstancia
- Italian: circonlocuzione
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Russian: дета́ль
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Russian: материа́льное положе́ние
circumstance (circumstances, present participle circumstancing; past and past participle circumstanced)
- To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
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