Situation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

II. Situation ·noun Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

III. Situation ·noun Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

IV. Situation ·noun Manner in which an object is placed; location, ·esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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