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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /-ɑːns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /-æns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ [General-American], /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /-aːns/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-circumstance.ogg Forms: circumstances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|circumstaunce}} Middle English circumstaunce, {{der|en|fro|circonstance}} Old French circonstance, {{der|en|la|circumstantia}} Latin circumstantia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} circumstance (countable and uncountable, plural circumstances)
  1. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event): rrethanë [feminine] (Albanian), حَالَة (ḥāla) [feminine] (Arabic), ظَرْف (ẓarf) [masculine] (Arabic), հանգամանք (hangamankʻ) (Armenian), պարագա (paraga) (Armenian), hal (Azerbaijani), vəziyyət (Azerbaijani), акалі́чнасць (akalíčnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), পরিস্থিতি (poristhiti) (Bengali), আওকাত (aōkat) (Bengali), হালত (halot) (Bengali), обстоя́телство (obstojátelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), အခြေအနေ (a.hkrea.ne) (Burmese), circumstància [feminine] (Catalan), 情況 (Chinese Mandarin), 情况 (qíngkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 状态 (zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), okolnost [feminine] (Czech), omstændighed [common-gender] (Danish), omstandigheid (Dutch), cirkonstanco (Esperanto), asjaolu (Estonian), olosuhteet [plural] (Finnish), olot [plural] (Finnish), circonstance [feminine] (French), circunstancia [feminine] (Galician), გარემოება (garemoeba) (Georgian), Umstand [masculine] (German), נסיבות (nesibot) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), परिस्थिति (paristhiti) [feminine] (Hindi), körülmény (Hungarian), kringumstæður [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), toisc [feminine] (Irish), circostanza [feminine] (Italian), 状況 (jōkyō) (Japanese), 事情 (jijō) (Japanese), жағдай (jağdai) (Kazakh), កាលៈទេសៈ (kaalaʼteisaʼ) (Khmer), 상황 (sanghwang) (Korean), жагдай (jagday) (Kyrgyz), ກະລະນີ (ka la nī) (Lao), ສະຖານະ (sa thā na) (Lao), rēs [feminine] (Latin), apstāklis [masculine] (Latvian), aplinkybė [feminine] (Lithuanian), околност (okolnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), keadaan (Malay), tūāhuatanga (Maori), нөхцөл байдал (nöxcöl bajdal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠯ (nöküčel bayidal) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), omstendighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), omstende [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ymbstandennes [feminine] (Old English), حال (hâl) (Persian), حالات (hâlât) (Persian), وضعیت (vaz'iyyat) (Persian), شرایط (šarâyet) (Persian), Veheltniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), okoliczność [feminine] (Polish), circunstância [feminine] (Portuguese), circumstanță [feminine] (Romanian), împrejurare [feminine] (Romanian), обстоя́тельство (obstojátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), усло́вие (uslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), ситуа́ция (situácija) [feminine] (Russian), положе́ние (položénije) [neuter] (Russian), cor [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), околност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), okolnost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), okolnosť [feminine] (Slovak), okoliščina [feminine] (Slovene), circunstancia [feminine] (Spanish), omständighet [common-gender] (Swedish), ҳолат (holat) (Tajik), вазъият (vazʾiyat) (Tajik), шароит (šaroyit) (Tajik), ҷиҳат (jihat) (Tajik), กรณี (gà-rá-nii) (Thai), สถานการณ์ (sà-tǎa-ná-gaan) (Thai), ኩነት (kunät) (Tigrinya), durum (Turkish), hâl (Turkish), обста́вина (obstávyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), حال (hāl) (Urdu), حالات (hālāt) (Urdu), ھالەت (halet) (Uyghur), jihat (Uzbek), hol (Uzbek), vaziyat (Uzbek), tomon (Uzbek), holat (Uzbek), hoàn cảnh (Vietnamese), amgylchiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-circumstance-en-noun-gy9DSbq4 Disambiguation of 'that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event': 48 30 7 14
  2. An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (event; fact; particular incident): դեպք (depkʻ) (Armenian), 事件 (shìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), omstandigheid (Dutch), yhteensattuma (Finnish), Umstand [masculine] (German), प्रसंग (prasaṅg) [masculine] (Hindi), dettaglio [masculine] (Italian), caso [masculine] (Italian), 事件 (jiken) (Japanese), 사건 (sageon) (Korean), tempus [neuter] (Latin), tūāhuatanga (Maori), circunstância [feminine] (Portuguese), împrejurare [feminine] (Romanian), обстоя́тельство (obstojátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), слу́чай (slúčaj) [masculine] (Russian), circunstancia [feminine] (Spanish), สถานการณ์ (sà-tǎa-ná-gaan) (Thai), обста́вина (obstávyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́падок (výpadok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-circumstance-en-noun-zbuW0-pE Disambiguation of 'event; fact; particular incident': 16 79 3 2
  3. (archaic) Evasive or indirect language; circumlocution. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (circumlocution; detail): մանրամասնություն (manramasnutʻyun) (Armenian), պարագա (paraga) (Armenian), подро́бност (podróbnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 詳情 (Chinese Mandarin), 详情 (xiángqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 細節 (Chinese Mandarin), 细节 (xìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), detalje [common-gender] (Danish), omstændelighed [common-gender] (Danish), seikka (Finnish), asianhaara (Finnish), yksityiskohta (Finnish), circonlocuzione [feminine] (Italian), circunstância [feminine] (Portuguese), дета́ль (detálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ча́стность (částnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), дета́ль (detálʹ) (Ukrainian), подро́биця (podróbycja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-circumstance-en-noun-SC5K-ZPz Disambiguation of 'circumlocution; detail': 2 6 87 6
  4. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (condition in regard to worldly estate): материа́лно положе́ние (materiálno položénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kår [neuter] (Danish), varallisuus (Finnish), varat [plural] (Finnish), situazione (Italian), circunstância [feminine] (Portuguese), материа́льное положе́ние (materiálʹnoje položénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-circumstance-en-noun-llIF35mH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish 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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circumstaunce [obsolete], circumstance, position, posture Hyponyms: complication Holonyms: state Related terms: circumstantial, coinstantial, circumspection

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /-ɑːns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /-æns/ [New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ [General-American], /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /-aːns/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-circumstance.ogg Forms: circumstances [present, singular, third-person], circumstancing [participle, present], circumstanced [participle, past], circumstanced [past]
Etymology: From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|circumstaunce}} Middle English circumstaunce, {{der|en|fro|circonstance}} Old French circonstance, {{der|en|la|circumstantia}} Latin circumstantia Head templates: {{en-verb}} circumstance (third-person singular simple present circumstances, present participle circumstancing, simple past and past participle circumstanced)
  1. To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
    Sense id: en-circumstance-en-verb-fgQdzv-0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circumstaunce [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "word": "exigent circumstance"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        {
          "text": "The report should focus on to the current circumstances of the organisation, to help us find a way to grow in the future.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She went missing in somewhat spooky circumstances.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart:",
          "text": "The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace, →OL:",
          "text": "The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]",
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          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rrethanë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
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          "roman": "ḥāla",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "حَالَة"
        },
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ẓarf",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ظَرْف"
        },
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          "roman": "hangamankʻ",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "հանգամանք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "paraga",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "պարագա"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "hal"
        },
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          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "vəziyyət"
        },
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          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "akalíčnascʹ",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "акалі́чнасць"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "poristhiti",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "পরিস্থিতি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "aōkat",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "আওকাত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "halot",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "হালত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obstojátelstvo",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "обстоя́телство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.hkrea.ne",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "အခြေအနေ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circumstància"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "情況"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qíngkuàng",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "情况"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "狀態"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhuàngtài",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "状态"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okolnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "omstændighed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "omstandigheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "cirkonstanco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "asjaolu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "olosuhteet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "olot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circonstance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circunstancia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "garemoeba",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "გარემოება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Umstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nesibot",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "נסיבות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "paristhiti",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "परिस्थिति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "körülmény"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kringumstæður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toisc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circostanza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōkyō",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "状況"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jijō",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "事情"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jağdai",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "жағдай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaalaʼteisaʼ",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "កាលៈទេសៈ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sanghwang",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "상황"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jagday",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "жагдай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ka la nī",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ກະລະນີ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sa thā na",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ສະຖານະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rēs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apstāklis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aplinkybė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "okolnost",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "околност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "keadaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "tūāhuatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "nöxcöl bajdal",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "нөхцөл байдал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "nöküčel bayidal",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "omstendighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "omstende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ymbstandennes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hâl",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "حال"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hâlât",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "حالات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vaz'iyyat",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "وضعیت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šarâyet",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "شرایط"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Veheltniss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okoliczność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circunstância"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circumstanță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "împrejurare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obstojátelʹstvo",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "обстоя́тельство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uslóvije",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "усло́вие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "situácija",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ситуа́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "položénije",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "положе́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "околност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okolnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okolnosť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okoliščina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circunstancia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "omständighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "holat",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ҳолат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vazʾiyat",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "вазъият"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šaroyit",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "шароит"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "jihat",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ҷиҳат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gà-rá-nii",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "กรณี"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-tǎa-ná-gaan",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "สถานการณ์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ti",
          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "kunät",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ኩነት"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "durum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "hâl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obstávyna",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "обста́вина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "hāl",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "حال"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "hālāt",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "حالات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "halet",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "ھالەت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "jihat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "hol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "vaziyat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "tomon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "holat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "word": "hoàn cảnh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 30 7 14",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amgylchiad"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1705, J[oseph] Addison, “Florence”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 413:",
          "text": "I have ſeen Two or Three antique Buſts of Alexander in the ſame Air and Poſture, and am apt to think the Sculptor had in his Thoughts the Conqueror's weeping for new Worlds, or ſome other the like Circumſtance of his History.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1834, David Crockett, chapter I, in A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: E[dward] L[awrence] Carey and A[braham] Hart; Boston, Mass.: Allen & Ticknor, →OCLC, page 20:",
          "text": "Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status)."
      ],
      "id": "en-circumstance-en-noun-zbuW0-pE",
      "links": [
        [
          "incident",
          "incident"
        ],
        [
          "occurrence",
          "occurrence"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "status",
          "status"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "depkʻ",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "word": "դեպք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìjiàn",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "word": "事件"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "word": "omstandigheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "word": "yhteensattuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Umstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 79 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prasaṅg",
          "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "text": "I have ſeen Two or Three antique Buſts of Alexander in the ſame Air and Poſture, and am apt to think the Sculptor had in his Thoughts the Conqueror's weeping for new Worlds, or ſome other the like Circumſtance of his History.",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumstància"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "情況"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíngkuàng",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "情况"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "狀態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuàngtài",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "状态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okolnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omstændighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "omstandigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "cirkonstanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "asjaolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "olosuhteet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "olot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circonstance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garemoeba",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "გარემოება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Umstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nesibot",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "נסיבות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paristhiti",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परिस्थिति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "körülmény"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kringumstæður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circostanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōkyō",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "状況"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jijō",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "事情"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jağdai",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "жағдай"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaalaʼteisaʼ",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "កាលៈទេសៈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanghwang",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "상황"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jagday",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "жагдай"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka la nī",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ກະລະນີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa thā na",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ສະຖານະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apstāklis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aplinkybė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "okolnost",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "околност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "keadaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "tūāhuatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nöxcöl bajdal",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нөхцөл байдал"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nöküčel bayidal",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "omstendighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omstende"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ymbstandennes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hâl",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "حال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hâlât",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "حالات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vaz'iyyat",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "وضعیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šarâyet",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "شرایط"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Veheltniss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okoliczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumstanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "împrejurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obstojátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обстоя́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uslóvije",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усло́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "situácija",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ситуа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "položénije",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "положе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "околност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okolnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okolnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okoliščina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omständighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "holat",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ҳолат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vazʾiyat",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "вазъият"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šaroyit",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "шароит"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jihat",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ҷиҳат"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gà-rá-nii",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "กรณี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-tǎa-ná-gaan",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "สถานการณ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "kunät",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ኩነት"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "durum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "hâl"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obstávyna",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обста́вина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hāl",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "حال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hālāt",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "حالات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "halet",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "ھالەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "jihat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "hol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "vaziyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "tomon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "holat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "word": "hoàn cảnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amgylchiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "depkʻ",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "դեպք"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìjiàn",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "事件"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "omstandigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "yhteensattuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Umstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prasaṅg",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रसंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dettaglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiken",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "事件"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sageon",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "사건"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tempus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "tūāhuatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "împrejurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obstojátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обстоя́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúčaj",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-tǎa-ná-gaan",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "word": "สถานการณ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obstávyna",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обста́вина"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výpadok",
      "sense": "event; fact; particular incident",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́падок"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "manramasnutʻyun",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "մանրամասնություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "paraga",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "պարագա"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podróbnost",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подро́бност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "詳情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiángqíng",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "详情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "細節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìjié",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "细节"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "detalje"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omstændelighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "seikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "asianhaara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "yksityiskohta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circonlocuzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detálʹ",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дета́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podróbnostʹ",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подро́бность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "částnostʹ",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́стность"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "detálʹ",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "дета́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "podróbycja",
      "sense": "circumlocution; detail",
      "word": "подро́биця"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "materiálno položénie",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "материа́лно положе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kår"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "word": "varallisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "varat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "word": "situazione"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunstância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "materiálʹnoje položénije",
      "sense": "condition in regard to worldly estate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "материа́льное положе́ние"
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          "text": "While also taxing Ferrein with the same motives, Diderot's account of his doings is much more circumstanced than La Mettrie's, and also much more amusing, thanks to the interpolation of the «bijoux» motif.",
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