| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
Synonyms: |
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: | 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: | name of the game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main idea |
Synonyms: |
bottom line, chief thing, essence, main point, real issue, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | what's what |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the way things are |
Synonyms: |
fact, truth of the matter, where it's at, whole story |
| 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: | Circumstance. |
| Category: | 4. MODAL EXISTENCE; Relative |
Synonyms: |
-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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Antonyms: |
state |
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