1. Condition.
2. Particularité. Une circonstance grave.
3. Occasion. Dans ces circonstances.
ETYM Latin circumstantia, from circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. Related to Stand.
1. A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity.
2. Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; SYN. condition, consideration.
ETYM French occasion, Latin occasio, from occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see Ob-) + cadere to fall. Related to Chance, Occident.
1. An opportunity to do something.
2. Reason.
3. The time of a particular event.
ETYM Late Lat. situatio: cf. French situation.
1. A condition or position in which one finds oneself; SYN. position.
2. The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.