'state of affairs' definitions:
Definition of 'state of affairs'
(from WordNet)
noun
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 [syn: situation, state of affairs]
Synonyms of 'state of affairs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affairs,
- circumstances,
- concerns,
- condition of things,
- conditions,
- dealings,
- doings,
- goings-on,
- how it goes,
- how it is,
- how things are,
- how things stand,
- life,
- like it is,
- march of events,
- matters,
- proceedings,
- relations,
- run of things,
- status in quo,
- the status quo,
- the times,
- the world,
- what happens