'Circumstance' definitions:
Definition of 'circumstance'
(from WordNet)
noun
A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
noun
The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting]
noun
Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: circumstance, condition, consideration]
noun
Formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
Definition of 'Circumstance'
From: GCIDE
- Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents. [1913 Webster]
- The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'circumstance'
From: GCIDE
- circumstance \cir"cum*stance\ (s[~e]r"k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See Stand.]
- 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. [1913 Webster]
- The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An event; a fact; a particular incident. [1913 Webster]
- The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. [1913 Webster]
- When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.]
- Under the circumstances, taking all things into consideration.
- Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See Event. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circumstance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute fact,
- accepted fact,
- actual fact,
- adjunct,
- admitted fact,
- adventure,
- affair,
- appurtenance,
- aspect,
- axiom,
- bald fact,
- bare fact,
- bearings,
- brutal fact,
- case,
- circumstances,
- cold fact,
- component,
- conceded fact,
- condition,
- conditions,
- constituent,
- contents,
- datum,
- demonstrable fact,
- destiny,
- detail,
- doom,
- element,
- empirical fact,
- episode,
- established fact,
- estate,
- event,
- experience,
- fact,
- fact of experience,
- factor,
- feature,
- finances,
- fix,
- fixings,
- footing,
- formality,
- given fact,
- go,
- hap,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- hard fact,
- heraldry,
- incident,
- income,
- indisputable fact,
- inescapable fact,
- ingredient,
- integrant,
- item,
- jam,
- kismet,
- location,
- lot,
- makings,
- matter of fact,
- modality,
- mode,
- moira,
- naked fact,
- not guesswork,
- not opinion,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- part,
- part and parcel,
- particular,
- pass,
- phenomenon,
- pickle,
- place,
- plain,
- plight,
- pomp,
- portion,
- position,
- positive fact,
- postulate,
- posture,
- predicament,
- pride,
- provable fact,
- rank,
- reality,
- resources,
- salient fact,
- self-evident fact,
- significant fact,
- simple fact,
- situation,
- sober fact,
- solemnity,
- specialty,
- spot,
- standing,
- state,
- state of affairs,
- station,
- status,
- stubborn fact,
- the case,
- the nitty-gritty,
- thing,
- turn of events,
- undeniable fact,
- weird,
- well-known fact