| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
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Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
Judgment Day, Moira, annihilation, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fixed future, foreordination, fortune, handwriting on wall, judgment, karma, kismet, lap of the gods, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Concept: | Circumstance. |
| Category: | 4. MODAL EXISTENCE; Relative |
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-nouns
circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status., occasion, juncture, conjunctive; contingency (event)., predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point., bearings, how the land lies., surroundings, context, environment; location., contingency, dependence (uncertainty); causation, attribution [more]; the circumstances, conditions [more].
-adjectives
circumstantial; given, conditional, provisional; critical; modal; contingent, incidental; adventitious (extrinsic); limitative.
-adverbs
in the circumstances, under the circumstances; thus, in such wise., accordingly; that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances; that being so, sith, since, seeing that., as matters stand; as things go, as times go., conditionally, provided, if, in case; if so, if so be, if it be so; depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions; if it so happen, if it so turn out; in the event of; in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event; provisionally, unless, without., according to circumstances, according to the occasion; as it may happen, as it may turn out,as it may be; as the case may be, as the wind blows; pro re nata.
-phrases
" yet are my sins not those of circumstance " [Lytton].
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