Situation

//ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "situation" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (104)

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9 relation types

More general

12 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

5 entries

capable of

4 entries

derived

15 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

345 translations across 61 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • situatë noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حَالَة noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • حَالَة noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • حَالَة noun (location)
  • حَالَة noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դիրք noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • իրադրություն noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • իրավիճակ noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • տեղ noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • durum noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • durum noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • hal noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • hal noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • торош noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • торош noun (location)
  • урын noun (location)
  • урынлашыу noun (location)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • месцазнахо́джанне noun (location)
  • стан noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • стано́вішча noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • стано́вішча noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Bengali

2 entries
  • পরিস্থিতি noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • হালত noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • местоположе́ние noun (location)
  • обстановка noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • положе́ние noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • положение noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Catalan

4 entries
  • lloc noun (location)
  • localització noun (location)
  • situació noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • ubicació noun (location)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 位置 noun (location)
  • 場所 /场所 noun (location)
  • 境遇 noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • 境遇 noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Czech

4 entries
  • místo noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • poloha noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • situace noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situace noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Danish

1 entries
  • situation noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Dutch

4 entries
  • locatie noun (location)
  • plaats noun (location)
  • positie noun (position of employment)
  • situatie noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • aferstato noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situacio noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • stato noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • stato de aferoj noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asema noun (position of employment)
  • olosuhteet noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • olot noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • sijainti noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

French

4 entries
  • emploi noun (position of employment)
  • lieu noun (location)
  • localisation noun (location)
  • poste noun (position of employment)

Galician

2 entries
  • localización noun (location)
  • situación noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სიტუაცია noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • სიტუაცია noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • სიტუაცია noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

German

4 entries
  • Lage noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • Lage noun (location)
  • Lage noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • Ort noun (location)

Greek

4 entries
  • θέση noun (location)
  • θέση noun (position of employment)
  • κατάσταση noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • κατάσταση noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מיקום noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • מיקום noun (location)
  • מצב noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Hindi

4 entries
  • परिस्थिति noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • परिस्थिति noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • स्थिति noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • स्थिति noun (location)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fekvés noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • hely noun (location)
  • hely noun (position of employment)
  • helyzet noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • keadaan noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • keadaan noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • situasi noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situasi noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • situation noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situation noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Irish

4 entries
  • cás noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • cás noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • cúrsaí noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • post noun (position of employment)

Italian

4 entries
  • condizione noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • posizione noun (location)
  • situazione noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situazione noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 位置 noun (location)
  • 場所 noun (location)
  • 境遇 noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • 境遇 noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ахуал noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • жағдай noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Korean

4 entries
  • 상태 noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • 상태 noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • 상태 noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • 상황 noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • жагдай noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • кырдаал noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • ситуация noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Latvian

4 entries
  • situācija noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • stāvoklis noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • stāvoklis noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • stāvoklis noun (location)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦋᦸᧂᧈᦂᦱᧃ noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ситуација noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അവസ്ഥ noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • സാഹചര്യം noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • സ്ഥിതി noun (location)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • байрлал noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Māori

4 entries
  • pūāhua noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • pūāhua noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • tūnga noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • tūnga noun (location)

Old English

4 entries
  • steall noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • steall noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • steall noun (location)
  • steall noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • وضعیت noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • وضعیت noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Persian

4 entries
  • جایگاه noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • جایگاه noun (location)
  • جایگاه noun (position of employment)
  • رتبه noun (position of employment)

Polish

4 entries
  • pozycja noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • położenie noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • położenie noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • sytuacja noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • localização noun (location)
  • posição noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • situação noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • situação noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Romanian

4 entries
  • etapă noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • localizare noun (location)
  • post noun (position of employment)
  • posturi noun (position of employment)

Russian

4 entries
  • до́лжность noun (position of employment)
  • местонахожде́ние noun (location)
  • местоположе́ние noun (location)
  • обстано́вка noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • suidheachadh noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • suidheachadh noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • suidheachadh noun (location)
  • suidheachadh noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • položaj noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • situacija noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Slovak

4 entries
  • miesto noun (location)
  • miesto noun (position of employment)
  • poloha noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • pozícia noun (position of employment)

Slovene

1 entries
  • situacija noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estado noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • estado noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • localización noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • localización noun (location)

Swedish

4 entries
  • anställning noun (position of employment)
  • läge noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • läge noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • läge noun (location)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • estado noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • kalagayan noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)
  • sitwasyon noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Tajik

4 entries
  • вазъ noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • вазъият noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • мавқеият noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • мавқеъ noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Tamil

2 entries
  • நிலை noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • நிலைமை noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పరిస్థితి noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • స్థితి noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Thai

1 entries
  • สถานการณ์ noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Turkish

3 entries
  • durum noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • hâl noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • yağday noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • місцеполо́ження noun (location)
  • обстано́вка noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • поло́ження noun (location)
  • поло́ження noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Urdu

1 entries
  • حالات noun (one's status with regard to circumstances)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • tình hình noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • tình hình noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • tình thế noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • vị trí noun (location)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • סיטואַציע noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • cayge noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • hal (diq) noun (position vis-à-vis surroundings)
  • holet noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)
  • waz noun (combination of circumstances at a given moment; state of affairs)

Sample sentences

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The situation is worse than we believed.

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You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation.

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Your situation is analogous to mine.

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If I were in your situation, I would do the same thing.

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