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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| 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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| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | development |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, incident |
| Synonyms: | change, circumstance, conclusion, denouement, event, eventuality, eventuation, issue, materialization, occurrence, outcome, phenomenon, result, situation, transpiration, turn of events, upshot |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | episode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure; scene |
| Synonyms: | affair, business, chapter, circumstance, doings, event, experience, goings-on, happening, incident, installment, interlude, matter, occasion, occurrence, part, passage, section, thing*, what's going down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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