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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current situation |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, situation, size of it, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status in quo, usual |
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| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
| Synonyms: | Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| 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
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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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| 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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