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see|Situation
English

Pronunciation
AHD|sĭt-jo�o-�'sh�n
IPA|/sɪtju��eɪ��n/
SAMPA|/sItju:"eIS@n/
audio|en-us-situation.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
en-noun

#The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
#* 1908: w:Kenneth Grahame|Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows
#*: ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
#The place in which something is situated; a location.
#Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
#The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
#A position of employment; a post.

Related terms
situate
situated
situation comedy, sitcom

Translations
trans-top|position vis-à-vis surroundings
Finnish: t+|fi|sijainti
German: t+|de|Lage|f
Hebrew: he-translation|��ק��|mikúm m
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Russian: �а�положение (raspoložénije) n, положение (položénije) n, �и��а�и� (situácija) f
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trans-top|location
Finnish: t+|fi|sijainti
German: t+|de|Lage|f
Greek: t|el|�ο�οθε�ία|f|sc=Grek (topothesía)
Hebrew: he-translation|��ק��|mikúm m
trans-mid
Russian: ме��оположение (m'estoložénije) n
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trans-top|one's status with regard to circumstances
Finnish: t+|fi|tilanne
German: t+|de|Lage|f
Greek: t|el|κα�ά��α�η|f|sc=Grek (katástasi)
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Portuguese: situação f
Russian: положение (položénije) n, �и��а�и� (situácija) f, �о��о�ние (sostojánije) n
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trans-top|state of affairs
Czech: situace f
Finnish: t+|fi|tilanne, t-|fi|olosuhteet
German: t+|de|Situation|f
Greek: t|el|κα�ά��α�η|f|sc=Grek (katástasi)
Hebrew: he-translation|�צ�|matsáv m
trans-mid
Portuguese: situação f
Russian: �и��а�и� (situácija) f
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trans-top|position of employment
Finnish: t+|fi|työpaikka, t+|fi|tehtävä, t+|fi|asema
German: t+|de|Stellung|f
Greek: t|el|θέ�η ε�γα�ία�|f|sc=Grek (thési ergasías)
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|положение|n|trpoložénije|scCyrl
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|حا�ة IPAchar|(ħála) f
ttbc|Chinese: ��, �� (qíngkuàng)
ttbc|Dutch: situatie f, ligging f, toestand m
ttbc|French: situation f
ttbc|Hungarian: helyzet
ttbc|Italian: situazione f
ttbc|Japanese: �� (j�tai)
ttbc|Korean: �� (chenghang), �� (cheoji)
ttbc|Portuguese: situação f
ttbc|Spanish: situación f
ttbc|Swedish: situation c
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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).

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/sitɥasj��/
SAMPA|/sitHasjO~/

Noun
situation f (plural: situations)

1. situation

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• 2007-11-18 23:06 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for fi, de, ru

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