situation

English Online Dictionary. What means situation‎? What does situation mean?

English

Alternative forms

• scituation (hypercorrect, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English situacioun, situacion, from Middle French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). By surface analysis, situate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭt-yo͞o-ā'shən, sĭch-o͞o-ā'shən, IPA^(key): /ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪ.t͡ʃuˈ(w)eɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

situation (plural situations)

1. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
3. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
4. The place in which something is situated; a location.
5. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
6. (UK) A position of employment; a post.
7. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

8. (US, film industry) An individual movie theater.
9. (slang) An outfit, garment, or look.

Synonyms

• (combination of circumstances): condition, set up; see also Thesaurus:state

Derived terms

Related terms

• site
• situate
• situated

Translations

See also

• situation comedy, sitcom

References

• Source for the definitions:
  • Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [1] (accessed: March 10, 2007).
• “situation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “situation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “situation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• titanious

French

Etymology

From situer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.tɥa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

situation f (plural situations)

1. situation (all meanings)

Derived terms

• comédie de situation
• comique de situation
• homme de la situation
• mise en situation
• situation intéressante

Descendants

• Polish: sytuacja, sytuacyja (Middle Polish), sytuacya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
  • Kashubian: sytuacjô
• → Romanian: situație

Further reading

• “situation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

situation (plural situationes)

1. situation, state of affairs

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪtvaˈɧuːn/, /sɪtɵaˈɧuːn/

Noun

situation c

1. a situation

Declension

Synonyms

• läge

Related terms

• nödsituation
• situationskomedi

References

• situation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• situation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• situation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)