| query | The c____________ of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens . Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times. I wish we could have met under happier circumstances. |
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| word | circumstance |
| full-definition | noun The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens . Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times. I wish we could have met under happier circumstances. The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it. I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder. Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution. Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. ...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances. I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances. Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance . There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless. You might say that we've been victims of circumstance. |
| inflections | circumstances |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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