CIRCUMSTANCES Synonyms

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

• scenery hung at back of stage

• understate the importance or quality of

• the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

• the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare

• the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

• the totality of surrounding conditions

• the area in which something exists or lives

• the particular portion of space occupied by something

• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a job in an organization

• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

• the appropriate or customary location

• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a rationalized mental attitude

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• an item on a list or in a sequence

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

• a setting for a work of art or literature

• a postulated sequence of possible events

• the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

• physical position in relation to the surroundings

• a job in an organization

• the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

• the way something is with respect to its main attributes

• the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

• a state of depression or agitation

• the territory occupied by a nation

• express in words

• put before

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• the environmental condition

• the area in which something exists or lives

• a state at a particular time

• an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

• a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

• an illness, disease, or other medical problem

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

• establish a conditioned response

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

• put into a better state

• apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny

• the process of giving careful thought to something

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)

• kind and considerate regard for others

• a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

• a considerate and thoughtful act