Situation I ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn Present Difficult Noun Economic/Financial/Political Doubt

• the present economic/financial/political situation
• there is no doubt that the current situation is very serious.
• people are fed up with the present situation.
• we are now in a difficult situation.

situation

1. all the circumstances and things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place
• the present economic/financial/political situation
• There is no doubt that the current situation is very serious.
• People are fed up with the present situation.
• We are now in a difficult situation.
• What would you do in this situation?
• We have all been in similar embarrassing situations.
• I'm in a no-win situation (= whatever I do will be bad for me).
• This is a win-win situation all around.
• You could get into a situation where you have to decide immediately.
• In your situation, I would look for another job.
• He could see no way out of the situation.
• I thought she handled the situation well.
• Our staff are trained to deal with these situations.
• What can we do to improve the situation?
• We will be monitoring the situation closely.
• The failure of the talks created a dangerous situation in the region.
• If this situation arises again, we will know what to do.
• We've got a situation (= a problem, a difficulty) here.

Extra Examples

• What we have here is a crisis situation.
• Given the gravity of the situation, I'm not surprised she's panicking.
• He saw she was confused and he took full advantage of the situation.
• I always seem to get into sticky situations on holiday.
• I found myself in rather an awkward situation.
• Interfering now would only exacerbate the situation.
• She found it difficult to take in the situation.
• She tried her best to salvage the situation.
• She was forced to confront the reality of the situation.
• The peacekeepers are trained to defuse potentially explosive situations.
• The situation is deteriorating rapidly.
• The situation requires immediate action.
• We were placed in a hopeless situation.
• What would the Republicans be doing if the situation were reversed?
• What would you do in this situation?
• You can adapt your knowledge to fit your particular situation.
2. the kind of location that a building or town has
• The town is in a delightful situation in a wide green valley.

Extra Examples

• The cottage is located in a beautiful situation.
• We couldn't have asked for a more perfect situation.
3. a job
• Situations Vacant (= the title of the section in a newspaper where jobs are advertised)
4. to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen
• Salah's late goal saved the situation for Liverpool.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in sense (2)): from French, or from medieval Latin situatio(n-), from situare ‘to place’ (see situate). Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.