Definition von circumstance

Häufigkeit

circumstance

(sɜːʳkəmstæns )

Wortformen:plural circumstances

1. zählbares Substantiv [usually plural]

The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.

Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.

The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.

I wish we could have met under happier circumstances.

2. Pluralwort

The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it.

I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder. [+ of]

Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.

Synonyme:detail, fact, event, particular Weitere Synonyme von circumstance

3. Pluralwort [usually with poss]

Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.

...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances.

I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.

Synonyme:situation, state, means, position Weitere Synonyme von circumstance

4. unzählbares Substantiv

Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance.

There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.

You might say that we've been victims of circumstance.

under any circumstances/under any circumstance

under the circumstances/in the circumstances

Weitere Synonyme von circumstance

Video: pronunciation of 'circumstance'

Häufigkeit

circumstance in American

(ˈsɜrkəmˌstæns ; sʉrˈkəmstansˌ; ˈsɜrkəmstəns ; sʉrˈkəmstəns)

Substantiv

a fact or event accompanying another, either incidentally or as an essential condition or determining factor

circumstances alter cases

any happening or fact; event

3. [pl.]

conditions surrounding and affecting a person, esp. financial conditions

in comfortable circumstances

chance; luck

circumstance would have it so

ceremony; show

pomp and circumstance

accompanying or surrounding detail

fullness of detail

Verb transitivWortformen:ˈcircumˌstanced or ˈcircumˌstancing

to place in certain circumstances

SIMILAR WORDS: ocˈcurrence

Redewendungen:

under no circumstances

under the circumstances

Abgeleitete Formen

circumstanced (ˈcircumˌstanced)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von circumstance

OFr < L circumstantia, a standing around, condition < circumstare < circum, around + stare, stand

Häufigkeit

circumstance in British

(ˈsɜːkəmstəns )

Substantiv

1. (usually plural)

a condition of time, place, etc, that accompanies or influences an event or condition

an incident or occurrence, esp a chance one

accessory information or detail

formal display or ceremony (archaic except in the phrase pomp and circumstance)

5. under no circumstances

6. under the circumstances

7. in bad circumstances

8. in good circumstances

Verb (transitive)

to place in a particular condition or situation

10. obsolete

to give in detail

Wortherkunft von circumstance

C13: from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstāre to stand around, from circum- + stāre to stand

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