SITUATION

• (noun) a job in an organization

  "he occupied a post in the treasury"

  synonyms : berth , billet , office , place , position , post , spot

• (noun) physical position in relation to the surroundings

  "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

  synonyms : site

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : position

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : state of affairs

• (noun) a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

  "the dangerous situation developed suddenly", "that's quite a situation", "no human situation is simple"

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