circumstances

  • 11circumstances — plural noun 1) favorable economic circumstances Syn: situation, conditions, state of affairs, position; events, turn of events, incidents, occurrences, happenings; factors, context, background, environment 2) Jane explained the circumstances to… …

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  • 12circumstances — I (Roget s IV) pl.n. 1. [Condition in life] Syn. material welfare, finances, outlook, prospects, chances, means, assets, prosperity, financial status, financial condition, resources, funds, worldly goods, affairs, concerns, status, standing,… …

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  • 13circumstances — Synonyms and related words: affairs, alentours, ambience, ambit, assessed valuation, assets, assets and liabilities, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, compass, concerns, condition of things, conditions, context,… …

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  • 14circumstances — n. condition of a person with respect to income and material state cir·cum·stance || sɜːkÉ™mstÉ™ns n. modifying condition, influencing factor v. place in particular circumstances or situations …

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  • 15Circumstances (song) — Circumstances Single by Rush from the album Hemispheres Released 1978 Genre Hard rock, progressive rock …

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  • 16circumstances in a case — index evidence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17circumstances alter cases — 1678 T. RYMER Tragedies of Lost Age 177 There may be circumstances that alter the case, as when there is a sufficient ground of partiality. 1776 W. HEATH Memoirs (1798) 92 Our General reflected for a moment, that as circumstances alter cases, Gen …

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  • 18circumstances, in the and under the —    A useful distinction can be drawn between the two. In the circumstances should indicate merely that a situation exists: In the circumstances, I began to feel worried. Under the circumstances should denote a situation in which action is… …

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  • 19circumstances alter cases — {formal} The way things are, or happen, may change the way you are expected to act. * /John s father told him never to touch his gun, but one day when Father was away, John used it to shoot a poisonous snake that came into the yard. Circumstances …

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  • 20circumstances alter cases — {formal} The way things are, or happen, may change the way you are expected to act. * /John s father told him never to touch his gun, but one day when Father was away, John used it to shoot a poisonous snake that came into the yard. Circumstances …

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