English dictionary

circumstance

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

noun.state

Source: WordNet 3.0
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

noun.state

Synonyms context setting

Source: WordNet 3.0
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

noun.cognition

Synonyms condition consideration

Source: WordNet 3.0
formal ceremony about important occasions

noun.event

Examples
Pomp and circumstance.

Source: WordNet 3.0
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

noun

Source: webster1913

To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.

verb

Source: webster1913