· the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

Synonym(s): state_of_affairs

Hypernym(s): state

· a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"

Synonym(s): position

Hypernym(s): condition, status

· a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

Hypernym(s): difficulty

· physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

Synonym(s): site

Hypernym(s): position, place

· a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

Synonym(s): position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place

Hypernym(s): occupation, business, job, line_of_work, line