Definition of situation

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Situation (n.) 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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Seat :: Seat (n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection..
Posture :: Posture (n.) Place; position; situation.
Isolate :: Isolate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
Locality :: Locality (n.) Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like..
Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..
Peat :: Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel..
Oto- :: Oto- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear..
In :: In (adv.) Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house)..
On :: On (prep.) At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun..
Job :: "Job (n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..
Station :: Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
Pleuro- :: Pleuro- () A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum..
Station :: Station (n.) Situation; position; location.
Subject :: Subjacent (a.) Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys..
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