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| 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: | 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | locus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, ballgame, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, emplacement, form, habit, how things stack up, like it is, location, manner, mien, pass, placement, plight, port, pose, predicament, site, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it |
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| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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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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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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abaxial, abutting, adaxial, adjacent, adjoining, advance, akimbo, aknee, ambient, anterior, antipodal, apical, apposed, arrayed, at hand, axial, back, bordering, cater, central, centric, chirognostic, circumambient, circumferential, circumjacent, close, coaxial, coextensive, coincident, colinear, collateral, collinear, concentric, confocal, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, convergent, converse, coplanar, coterminous, covering, crisscross, crossed, deasil, decussate, deep, detached, discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, dorsal, dorsolateral, encircling, enclosed, enclosing, encompassing, enveloping, equidistant, equitant, erect, even, exterior, external, face, far, farther, farthest, first, flanking, flush, fore, forward, fringe, fronting, gardant, grufeling, guardant, halfway, hanging, hindmost, hithermost, immediate, indoors, infradig, inner, innermost, insessorial, interior, intermediate, interposed, intersecting, interspersed, intervening, inverted, kitty, lateral, leeward, levitated, local, long, lower, malposed, medial, median, mid, middle, midway, nearby, next, obverse, one, outdoors, outer, outmost, outside, overlying, padmasana, parallel, pendent, peripheral, perpendicular, plumb, point, port, posterior, prone, prostrate, proximal, proximate, quincunx, rear, reclining, rectilinear, recumbent, remote, retral, ringside, rolled, separate, sinistral, situate, situated, square, starboard, stationary, stoss, suburban, suburbicarian, successive, superior, superjacent, supine, surrounding, suspended, topical, topographical, transverse, ulterior, ultimate, uppermost, ventral, windward, zonal
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| Concept: | Situation. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE SPACE |
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-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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