| Main Entry: | status quo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current situation |
Synonyms: |
circumstances, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, situation, size of it, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status in quo, usual |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstances |
Synonyms: |
action, ballgame, case, estate, happening, how it goes, how things are, how things stack up, lay of the land, like it is, mode, order, plight, position, posture, predicament, quality, rank, repair, reputation, riff, scene, shape, situation, size of it, sphere, spot, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status quo, trim, way things are, way things shape up, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
Synonyms: |
Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | situation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstances, status |
Synonyms: |
ballgame, bargain, capacity, case, character, condition, footing, how things stack up, like it is, mode, picture, place, plight, position, posture, rank, scene, size of it, sphere, stage, standing, standpoint, state, state of affairs, station, status quo* |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
adventitious, choosehow, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, crisic, critical, ectopic, entopic, exceptional, ferial, formal, given, guarded, hypothetical, incidental, modal, organic, provisional, qualifying, structural
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| Concept: | Situation. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE SPACE |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose., place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings (direction); spot (limited space)., topography, geography, chorography; map.
-verbs
be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.
-adjectives
situate, situated; local, topical, topographical.
-adverbs
in situ, in loco; here and there, passim; here abouts, there abouts, where abouts; in place, here, there., in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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