circumstance
/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/noun3 syllables
Circumstance means: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
Synonyms for circumstance6
noun, as in information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
What does circumstance mean?4
noun
1
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event“the historical context”
2
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision“another consideration is the time it would take”
3
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
4
formal ceremony about important occasions“pomp and circumstance”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Circumstance in a sentence
- He knows full well that she'll never leave him, no matter the circumstance.tieguy
- The new bishop was installed with much pomp and circumstance.patgfisher
- The new community center was inaugurated yesterday with pomp and circumstance.AlanF_US
- But if I have committed a crime, every circumstance of the case is changed.teapot
- No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit.gauravjiii
- She takes every circumstance into account.unknown
- But there was one curious circumstance.al_ex_an_der
- What would you do in this circumstance?Gulo_Luscus
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Forms of circumstance
as a noun
- plural
- circumstances