Circumstance
['sɜːkəmst(ə)ns] or ['sɝkəmstæns]
Definition
(noun.) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; 'another consideration is the time it would take'.
(noun.) formal ceremony about important occasions; 'pomp and circumstance'.
(noun.) a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity.
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Definition
(n.) That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
(n.) An event; a fact; a particular incident.
(n.) Circumlocution; detail.
(n.) Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
(v. t.) To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incident, accident, subsidiary fact.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Detail, feature, point, event, occurrence, incident, situation, position, fact,topic, condition, particular, specialty
ANT:Deed, case, transaction
Editor: Ramon
Definition
n. the logical surroundings of an action: an accident or event: ceremony: detail: (pl.) the state of one's affairs.—v.t. to place in particular circumstances:—pa.p. cir′cumstanced.—adj. Circumstan′tial consisting of details: minute.—n. Circumstantial′ity the quality of being circumstantial: minuteness in details: a detail.—adv. Circumstan′tially.—n.pl. Circumstan′tials incidentals: details.—v.t. Circumstan′tiate to prove by circumstances: to describe exactly.—Circumstantial evidence evidence which is not positive nor direct but which is gathered inferentially from the circumstances in the case.—In good or bad circumstances prosperous or unprosperous; In Under the circumstances owing to certain conditions.
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Examples
- I'm frank and open; considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance--very kind and polite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My mind being made up, after that circumstance, I had two questions to consider next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I now proceed to the second remarkable circumstance, which I proposed to take notice of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- By force of circumstance, because all the world combined to make the cage unbreakable, he had been too strong for her, he had kept her prisoner. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In December, 1762, a circumstance which caused great alarm in the province took place. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A most contrary circumstance it is, for I want certain information out of that girl, and she must be brought to reason somehow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Dear me,' said the prim man in the cloth boots, 'it is a very extraordinary circumstance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A happy circumstance for France, as the like always is for all countries similarly favoured! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A four-oared galley hovering about in so unusual a way as to attract this notice was an ugly circumstance that I could not get rid of. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Since in the past one has done one's duty without having to face such a disagreeable circumstance, why not go on as one has been? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Her one circumstance is not so good, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Her memory had an aristocratic bias, and was very treacherous whenever she tried to recall any circumstance connected with those below her in life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Tell him that we yield to his rapacity, as in similar circumstances we should do to that of a literal robber. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Now, Mr. Trelawney Hope, I should be much obliged if you would tell me exactly the circumstances under which this document disappeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Under these circumstances my first impression altered to a certain extent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Noble natures under such circumstances become enraged. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He thought of Rachael, how young when they were first brought together in these circumstances, how mature now, how soon to grow old. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The next step is to reproduce, as nearly as we can, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Circumstances, of late, had combined to cut her off more and more from her few remaining friends. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There are other circumstances which throw doubt on this alleged Goebel anticipation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We shall, however, be enabled to discuss what circumstances are most favourable to variation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is worth while to glance here very briefly at the circumstances of his life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I still have enjoyment in the company of my friends; and, being easy in my circumstances, have many reasons to like living. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I think you would always improve, Biddy, under any circumstances. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They are not the thoughts of a model heroine under her circumstances, but they are those of a deeply-feeling, strongly-resentful peasant-girl. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am sure William would never have used _me_ so, under any circumstances. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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