situation (n)
state of affairs (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 26
def the general state of things
def the combination of circumstances at a given time
examples the present international situation is dangerous
wondered how such a state of affairs had come about
eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation Franklin D.Roosevelt
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Hypernym state
Hyponym absurd, the absurd; acceptance; ballgame, new ballgame; challenge; childlessness; complication; crowding; disequilibrium; element; environment; equilibrium; exclusion; goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl; hotbed; inclusion; intestacy; picture, scene; prison, prison house; rejection; size, size of it; square one; status quo; thing
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Hyponym state
Hypernym absurd, the absurd; acceptance; ballgame, new ballgame; challenge; childlessness; complication; crowding; disequilibrium; element; environment; equilibrium; exclusion; goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl; hotbed; inclusion; intestacy; picture, scene; prison, prison house; rejection; size, size of it; square one; status quo; thing

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