situationn.

Brit.

/ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃn/,

/ˌsɪtʃʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsɪtʃəˈweɪʃən/

Forms: late Middle English setuacyon, late Middle English situacioun, late Middle English–1500s cytuacyon, late Middle English–1500s sytuacion, late Middle English–1500s sytuacyon, 1500s cituacion, 1500s situacion, 1500s sytuatyon, 1500s–1600s cituation, 1500s–1600s scituacion, 1500s–1600s scytuacion, 1500s–1600s scytuation, 1500s–1600s sytuation, 1500s–1700s scituation, 1500s– situation, 1600s cittuation, 1600s sittuation; also Scottish pre-1700 situacioun, pre-1700 situacioune.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French situation; Latin situation-, situatio.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French situation, situacion (French situation ) position of a person or thing in relation to another (late 14th cent.), set of circumstances affecting a person or a thing (early 15th cent.; rare before late 17th cent.), region (mid 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin situation-, situatio position (from 13th cent. in British sources; 14th cent. in continental sources), place, site (14th cent.; from 15th cent. in British sources), act of setting in place (1363 in Chauliac in medical context; from 1513 in British sources) < situat- , past participial stem of situare situate v. + classical Latin -io -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish situación , Italian situazione (both 14th cent.), and also Middle Dutch situācie (end of the 15th cent.; Dutch situatie ), German Situation (16th cent.), which are probably < French. With sense 11 compare French situation (early 18th cent. in this sense).

I. Senses relating to location or physical position.

†1.

a. Surgery. The action of placing an injured part or parts of the body in a position which favours healing. Also: the position of an injured part before or after such a procedure. Obsolete.

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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 54 (MED) 3a. þing is complete of gode & seming ligature, i. byndyng, and of dewe situacioun [?c1425 Paris sitynge; L. situatione], i. settyng, & of sewyng if it be necessite.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 141, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Situacioun Þe laste is be cause of indewe situacioun of þe member..ȝif þe knee oþer þe elbowe be wounded of trauers and in þe time of consolidacioun it be folden & bounden after þe flexibilite, sucche situacioun schulde lete consolidacioun of þe member, and þerfore it semeþ conuenient & profitabel þat þe member be in his dewe situacioun in tyme of þe consolidacioun.

1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale sig. N.iii The situation of the wounded Ioint.

1695 R. B. tr. J. de La Charrière Treat. Chirurg. Operations ii. 15 After he has exactly brought together the Lips [of the wound], and endeavour'd to take all necessary care for maintaining them in the same Situation.

b. The action of positioning something in a particular place. Obsolete.

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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]

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placement1844

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siting1902

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 70 By diuersitie of placing and scituation of your measures and concords.

c. The action of settling a place; settlement, occupation. Obsolete.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > [noun]

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a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 88 They..found diverse cornfeilds, & litle runing brooks, a place (as they supposed) fitt for situation.

a. The exact position of a person or thing in relation to another or to surroundings; the arrangement or position of people or things in relation to each other or to surroundings.

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the world > space > relative position > [noun]

standing?c1400

situationa1484

setting?1523

disposition?1541

position1556

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posture1605

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lay1819

presentation1833

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orientation1875

a1484 Treat. Seven Liberal Arts in Speculum (1993) 68 1039 (MED) The first letter a..is in figure like a triangle..v..is turned and hath contrarie situacioun.

1502–3 in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl. (1927) 118 James Crukschank was conuict..for the breking of commone ordinance in the situacioun & ordoure of the processioun.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Anthropographie, is the description of the Number, Measure, Waight, figure, Situation, and colour of euery diuerse thing, conteyned in the perfect body of Man.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. i. 53 And this our proportion Poeticall resteth in fiue points: Staffe, Measure, Concord, Scituation and figure all which shall be spoken of in their places.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxviii. sig. H3^v To be so tikled they would change their state, And situation with those dancing chips.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 31 From the scituation some are Anterior, some Posteriour.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Resistence The Resistence of a Body is always equal to the greatest Weight which it will sustain in a vertical Situation, without breaking.

1788 R. E. Raspe Gulliver Revived (ed. 5) i. 8 I fell..to the ground with fear... After waiting in this prostrate situation a few seconds, I heard a..noise.

1813 R. Southey Life Nelson II. 257 Her mizen-top,..in the then situation of the two vessels, was not more than fifteen yards from that part of the deck.

1888 Official Gaz. U.S. Patents Office 3 May 588/2 Thatcher found out that the fuel magazine was useful in its new situation.

1931 Bull. Central Meteorol. Observatory Japan 4 6 The vortex core..returns to the upright situation when the current dies out.

1981 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 68 138 (caption) Situation of the eight Ca ions in the unit-cell near to the frontal pinacoid plane.

2014 R. Ariew Descartes & First Cartesians 129 To determine an object's situation among other bodies (in space), we must take into account other bodies we consider motionless.

†b. A place occupied by a person, or at which a person resides. Obsolete.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]

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downsetting1927

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxiv. 21 Those soules Idols, that the weary dead Gaue vp in earth: which in a flowry Mead Had habitable situation.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 18 Boisterous weather..caused us to make all manner of Dispatch to get out of that Situation.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. ii. vii. 157 Apply in sickness to the best physician or apothecary within reach of your situation.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) Pref. p. iii It was written..from the few materials which were within my reach in a country situation.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders I. 198 Educated in a remote situation.

a. The location of a building, city, country, etc., in relation to its (esp. natural) surroundings; the area, region, etc., in which something is situated.

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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > in respect of surroundings

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neighbourhood1668

emplacement1780

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 106 All gude Constable suld put..the schip men efter the place and the situacioune of the toune.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xii. sig. Dij Haue in mynde..the setuacyon of thy cyte newely fowunded.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 270/2 Sytuacion of a towne, assiete.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccx^v The Castell was kept agaynst them which for the situation was vnprennable.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 429 Westminster..had a pleasant situation amongst fruitfull fields, and greene grounds [etc.].

1636 W. Davenant Platonick Lovers i. i. sig.B2 The scituation of this house hath but a while employed his eyes without.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 236 Manila itself is in a very healthy situation.

1795 W. W. Seward Topographia Hibernica at Moyne Here are the large remains of Moyne-abbey... Its situation is beautiful, tho' lonely and sequestered.

1842 Acct. Revels at Court 223 In one [plan] the situation of the music room is clear enough; viz. at the side of the stage.

1892 E. Stebbing Holy Carpet of Mosque at Ardebil ii. 15 The situation of Shiraz was in every way favourable to the carpet industry..especially to the so-called ‘Mecca’ rugs.

1912 E. S. Armitage Early Norman Castles Brit. Isles vi. 83 It is rare indeed to find a motte-castle in a wild, mountainous situation in England.

1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xiii. 140 The situation of Stow is especially instructive, for the town is sited on a hilltop approached from all sides by ridgeways.

2007 Times 7 Sept. (Bricks & Mortar section) 27/1 Thanks to its remote and secluded situation Pitchford was one of the select group of houses selected as places where the Royal Family could retreat if the Germans had invaded in 1940.

†b. Without article or other determiner, in the same sense: location, setting (of a building, city, country, etc., esp. in relation to its natural surroundings). Obsolete.

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1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bv^v The chiefe cytie..is in situacion..much lyke vnto the cytie of Milayne.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 352^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Situatioun Paris..in situacion tranquil & lowne.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlviii. 2 Beautifull for situation..is mount Sion.

1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 94 Places as eminent in scituation as she in sweetnesse of disposition.

1701 J. Prince Danmonii Orientales Illustres 400 A sightly Seat for Shew, for Receipt Spacious, for Cost Sumptuous, for Situation Salubrious.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 132 When a Streaming Tinner observes a place favourable in situation, he takes a lease..of the land owner or lord of the fee.

1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. v. 119 Edinburgh is the finest town for situation in Europe.

†4. Direction, course. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > course or direction of movement

runeeOE

runningOE

pathOE

wayOE

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racec1390

recourse?c1425

situation1517

journey?a1560

track1565

roadway1600

career?1614

direction1665

by-run1674

sensea1679

meith1726

heading1841

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 10 This is the waye and the sytuacyon Vnto the toure of famous doctryne.

†5.

a. The exact site on which a building, city, etc., is constructed. Obsolete.

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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied

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sitec1400

station?1440

situation1542

residency1579

platform1589

region1664

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 25 Having sixtene fote of..the same grounde for the scituacion of the same conduicte heade.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xvi. 172 The Citie of Mexico is seated in the same Lake, although the Spaniards have filled vp the place of the scituation with earth.

a1615 Balnagown MS in W. R. Baillie Breve Cron. Earlis of Ross (1850) 3 The said Erll founded an abbey at Farne, quhair the situation thereof yit does appeare.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 323 Pilasters of Stone, and Arches, would have taken up a great part of the Situation there.

1890 N. Carolina Univ. Mag. New Ser. 9 110 [The doe] was often found on the situation of the old city of Raleigh.

b. A place or locality considered as the site of a building, city, etc., or as somewhere to visit or spend time. Obsolete.

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the world > space > place > [noun]

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fletc1275

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where1443

quarter1448

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stour1583

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ubity1624

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 260 The pleasant situation called Beaulieu.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 60 He views The dismal Situation waste and wilde, A Dungeon horrible.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Nov. (1965) I. 282 After passing these dreadfull Rocks, Dresden appear'd to me a Wonderfull Agreable Scituation.

1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 59 Sir William Soames being sent embassador to Constantinople..Vosterman accompanied him, intending to paint the delights of that situation.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xv. 212 A small stand was drawn up near the stove, and the bottles and the glasses necessary for convenience. Two chairs were placed by the side of this comfortable situation.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. XL. 182/2 As a site for the building the trustees secured the town's bowling-green, the most conspicuous situation in Paisley, formerly the prætorium of a Roman camp.

†6. A first coating of colour used as a ground (ground n. 6b) on which to paint. Obsolete.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun]

scalec1400

superfice?c1400

superficie?a1425

overfacec1475

plata1522

superficies1530

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surface1600

superface1633

periphery1664

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount v. f. 92 Whan you will gylte the parchemente, you shall geue it a grounde or situation [Fr. assiete] with the white of an Egge, or Gomme.

†7. Horse Racing. Any of the first three positions or placings at the end of a race; a place (place n.¹ 18). Obsolete.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > place

situation1864

place1885

show1907

1864 Bell's Life in London 17 Sept. 4/2 Victorious and Master Richard..managed to run into situations—Master Richard getting home a head in front of the favourite, who was slightly disappointed.

1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 34 Saying that he could lay against Blue Bell,..and that he had a little more to lay out against Whistler for a ‘situation’.

1909 Scotsman 3 May 4/3 One enthusiastic admirer of the colt [sc. Bayardo] actually laid 500 to 50 on him for a situation.

II. Senses relating to a state or set of circumstances.

†8.

a. The state or condition of something. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun]

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casec1325

beingc1330

degreec1330

condition1340

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subsistency1628

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consistency1690

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working order1784

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status1837

figure1858

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. i. 47 That which we esteem a Happiness in one Situation of Mind, is otherwise thought of in another.

1765 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) iii. vi. 405 The land, at the end of the nine years, must be in a much better situation than before it was limed.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §148 I found the work now in the following situation.

b. A person's physical condition or state of health. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > [noun]

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casec1325

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health1509

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condition1798

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shape1865

fig1883

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [noun]

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conceytatea1500

greatnessa1500

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childbearing1612

gestation1615

ingravidation1615

gravidity1651

pregnantness1727

utero-gestation1775

baby-making1827

situation1829

enceinteship1841

tecnogonia1860

infanticipation1934

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. iv. 117 Examine the situation of my son [Fr. examinez, s'il vous plaît, mon fils], and prescribe what you shall judge proper for his cure.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 95 People in a weak debilitated situation.

1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i. (note) in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 21 That the woman should have concealed her situation during the whole period of pregnancy.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvii. 236 Mrs. Bunny's in an interesting situation..and has given the Lieutenant seven already.

a. A person's position or circumstances in life, esp. regarded as affecting his or her welfare.

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society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade

mannishOE

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sortc1386

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strain1600

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station1842

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echelon1950

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 169. To a thinking man it would seem prodigious, that the very situation in a country-life does not incline men to a scorn of the mean gratifications some take in it.

1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. Pref. p. xliii In my present situation at Birmingham.

1801 Missionary Mag. 17 Aug. 349 I am very happy in my situation here.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 41 I am happy that my situation, as a soldier under command, altogether dispenses with my thinking of it at all.

1909 E. I. Bosworth Stud. Life Jesus Christ 88 There is one question which must be asked of every individual, no matter what his situation in life: What kind of person are you?

1993 Boulevard Spring 145 Half the enjoyment in my life comes just from realizing how good my situation is, but that has drawbacks.

2004 R. A. Belliotti Happiness is Overrated iii. i. 69 My self-conscious, good-faith recognition that I am pleased or satisfied with my overall situation is sufficient for happiness.

b. A position of employment; a job. Now formal.See also situations vacant n. at Compounds, situations wanted n. at Compounds.

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society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun]

steadc1000

noteOE

officec1300

ministry?a1475

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placea1500

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place1558

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number1928

site1930

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hat1966

1766 London Evening-post 9 Jan. I Take the earliest Opportunity of expressing to you my Happiness at being reinstated in a Situation I am most proud of, that of being one of your Representatives.

1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 265/1 He obtained the situation of army-agent.

1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun vii A gallant young cavalier..offered to Catalina a situation amongst his retinue.

1901 Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 9/7 Pork and Beef Butcher.—Young man wants Situation as machineman.

1951 Daily Mail 4 Jan. 2/6 Since leaving the hospital I have secured a situation which brings me a decent income.

2006 L. Berdoll Darcy & Elizabeth xxx. 120 He..took a situation in the village as schoolmaster.

10.

a. The position of a person with regard to a state of affairs or set of circumstances, esp. as concerning his or her influence, role, or power to act.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > circumstances of a person or in life

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1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs Ded. p. iv You are now in a Situation of taking two the most delightful Prospects, that a generous Mind can have.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. 162 Where undue advantage is taken of the plaintiff's situation.

1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 353 Your situation is a situation of difficulty, and nothing but great patience can carry you through it.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xvi. 342 How true is it that men in parallel situations necessarily move on similar principles.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. i. 1 The difficulties of his situation increased.

1935 Yachting Dec. 82/3 Hanging on by the eyelids, the seaman's vivid description of his situation during a very heavy gale.

1997 Sunday Tel. 18 May (Rx Mag.) 20/3 The seriousness of her situation—and the few options open to her—had not really sunk in.

2015 R. St. James & N. Rue One Last Thing xx. 253 I know you think I'm an idiot to have ever ended up in this situation.

b. A state of affairs, a set of circumstances. Frequently with modifying word.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation

thingeOE

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estrec1300

farea1325

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casea1393

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position1829

lie1850

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state of play1916

the form1934

score1938

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1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 349 Suppose that business and situations should..call Mr. Harte away from you.

1777 W. Pitt in J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (1812) II. 302 This ruinous and ignominious situation..calls upon us to remonstrate in the strongest..language.

1795 Oracle & Public Advertiser 22 Jan. The financial situation of the country had for some time been discussed.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 237 He honoured his religion..by the morality which guided his conduct in all ordinary situations.

1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxiii. 195 The senate at last was master of the situation.

1870 Standard 5 Dec. Prince Frederick Charles has only to win one ringing victory to leave Paris face to face with a..desperate situation.

1932 L. E. Lawes 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1943–4) v. 198 I do not encourage..looking passively on while dangerous situations develop into hazardous facts.

1947 Irish Times 1 Sept. 5/6 Both the King and Princess Elizabeth have told the wedding planners that any great display would be out of keeping with the seriousness of the present economic situation.

1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 vi. 631 Most positivists..would argue that legal rules can never be spelled out in terms of all the situations to which they might be relevant.

1998 M. Soames Speaking for Themselves (1999) xv. 356 By July [1931] the situation was so dire that foreign investors panicked and there was a run on gold.

2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 July 74/4 Society has created a situation where everybody is in perpetual shopping mode, me included.

c. As the second element in compounds with preceding noun. O.E.D. Suppl. (1986) notes that ‘objections have been raised’ to this use, with sense 10c(a) ‘often especially decried as an ugly and sometimes tautological formation’.

(a) A state of affairs or set of circumstances characterized or denoted by the first element.

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1859 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 10 Apr. 1/3 The Vienna correspondent..depicts the state of feeling in that city on the peace or war situation.

1910 Trans. Amer. Assoc. Study & Pevention Infant Mortality 1 71 A little steel marker flag was put on each card bearing the name of a sick baby. Thus the sick baby situation was flagged.

1977 H. Fast Immigrants i. 74 This is not a loan but a standing credit situation.

1993 Washington Post 18 June b1/3 These regulations will allow us to protect the fishery without going into a crisis situation.

2003 P. Todd & J. Bloch Global Issues i. 13 The heterarchical structures encouraged by the Internet are also those typical of armies in combat situations.

2017 New Scientist 13 May 33/2 In a threat situation, the model in our head no longer represents the truth on the ground.

(b) A state of affairs or set of circumstances affecting that denoted by the first element.

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1872 Birmingham Daily Post 2 Aug. 7/2 These aspects of the banking situation are mainly due to an artificial interference with the reserves.

1884 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 8 Apr. 6/1 Commissioner Fink has ordered a reduction in the tariff rates on cotton and this is taken..as doing no good to the traffic situation.

1902 Money 1902 12/1 The gravity of the money situation compelled the calling of additional margins.

1933 Amer. Mercury May 23/1 Since 1929 there has entered into the milk situation a new factor, which the Journal of the American Medical Association has named ‘bootleg milk’.

2016 Australian (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Sport section) 24 Jones said the Olympic sports were reconciled to the fact that their funding situation would not improve next year.

d. euphemistic or colloquial (originally U.S.). A difficult, troubling, or problematic state of affairs or set of circumstances, typically one that requires immediate action; an emergency.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency

needOE

needinga1400

exigentc1475

plunge1519

opportunity1526

push1563

dead lift1567

heft1587

exigence1588

exigency1601

emergent1620

lift1624

emergencya1631

emergencea1676

emergementa1734

amplush1827

crisis1848

situation1954

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > a complicated state of affairs

labyrinthc1450

proplexity1487

maze1531

perplexity1563

intricacy1611

intrigo1648

intrigue1660

intricoa1670

wheels within wheels1679

imbroglio1818

involvement1821

scrimmage1852

situation1954

1954 C. E. Morris Counseling with Young People 133 It sounds like a bit of a situation all right, and I can see how you feel that you're in a jam, all right.

1984 S. King & P. Straub Talisman i. iii. 36 We could have a real situation here if somebody doesn't start paying attention to details.

1991 Washington Post 22 Apr. (Final ed.) a1/5 This is the first time I have seen the Iraqis in this mood. They are very tense and untrusting... I think we have got a situation on our hands here.

2013 J. Brody Unremembered xiv. 84 We have a situation at position 12. Requesting assistance immediately.

11. A circumstance or set of circumstances, esp. of a striking or exciting nature, portrayed as affecting a character or characters in the course of a novel, play, film, or other dramatic work.

a. As a count noun. Frequently in plural.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > situation in a play

scene1567

incident1695

situation1754

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > episode or situation

scene1645

episode1679

situation1754

1754 J. Cleland Let. to D. Garrick 31 July in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) 57 The situation in the fifth act was never scenefied before.

1779 Mirror No. 31 The novellist who delineates characters by feigned circumstances and situations.

1790 C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 147 The conduct of her story is well conceived, her situations are in general natural.

1830 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 446 It has some striking scenes, but I think the ‘situations’ are produced by rather extravagant means.

1847 Illustr. London News 24 July 59/1 At the head of every scene is a description of the action, as a key to the musical situation.

1864 G. A. Lawrence Maurice Dering i It [sc. a book] is wildly melodramatic, and full of ‘situations’ from end to end.

1919 T. M. Campbell Life & Wks. F. Hebbel xi. 184 His strength lay in his analysis of the emotions in literary characters and situations.

1963 Listener 28 Feb. 376/2 It [sc. the magazine story] is composed of prefabricated clichés—stock characters, stock situations, stock dialogue, stock plots.

2014 N.Y. Mag. 3 Nov. 98/2 Act One introduces characters and situations; plot complications ensue, followed by a rapid-fire third-act montage.

b. As a mass noun.

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1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i This scene goes entirely for what we call situation and stage effect.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lii. 71 Passionate situation and intrigue, which she never made emotionally her own.

1899 Nation 30 Nov. 413/3 [Stephen] Crane..is humorous, and has a strong sense for comedy both in situation and in character.

1901 Harper's Mag. Apr. 805/2 A certain sparing touch, with which he presents situation and character by mere statement of fact.

1944 Ess. & Stud. 29 52 In the drama the playwright may be ‘explicit’ in finger-posting parts of plot, situation, or character.

2001 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. e5/5 Unfortunately, [the play] ‘The Wax’..is disconnected in ways that arise less from character and situation than from authorial imposition.

Compounds

situation awareness n. = situational awareness n. at situational adj. Compounds.

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1969 S. Fisher in Proc. of 1969 Inst. Techn. & Industr. Communication 70/2 The ‘congruence approach’ implies that audiences are aware of their risks... Is this true? The answer is both yes and no. Yes, the audience always is aware of some risks... And no, it is not aware of others... This dual ‘yes-and-no’ aspect of risk-awareness, or situation-awareness, appears in all the latest models of communications behavior.

1989 Airforce July 6/3 What will still be missing is a level of procedural polish and situation awareness that only comes with flying in that environment every day.

2018 Gympie (Queensland) Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. 5 Researchers..are about to begin a new study into the situation awareness and hazard perception of experienced drivers aged 60 years and over.

situation comedy n. a comedy in which the humour depends mainly on the situations or circumstances faced by the characters; comedy of this type; (later) a television or radio comedy series involving a regular cast of characters in a succession of amusing situations or circumstances, typically presented in 30-minute episodes and filmed or recorded before a live studio audience; this as a genre; cf. sitcom n.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy

Old Comedy1529

New Comedy1542

comedy of errors?1595

romantic comedy1748

musical comedy1765

comédie larmoyante1773

sketch1789

serio-comedy1808

vaudeville1827

teacup-and-saucer comedy1842

satyr play1845

Restoration comedy1866

zarzuela1888

situation comedy1893

sex comedy1915

sitcom1956

1893 Manch. Guardian 23 Oct. 7/2 The play [sc. Berlioz's ‘Benvenuto Cellini’] is a ‘situation comedy’ of the old style.

1915 Movie Mag. July 30/1 Proving beyond any question of doubt the fallacy of the assertion that a legitimate, high class, situation comedy of more than two reels cannot be successfully done.

1953 TV Guide (U.S.) 23 Oct. (N.Y. Metro ed.) 19/1 Ever since I love Lucy zoomed to the top rung on the rating ladder, it seems the networks have been filling every available half-hour with another situation comedy.

1967 Listener 10 Aug. 161/1 The two best situation-comedy shows this country has ever produced are..Steptoe and Son and..Till Death Us Do Part.

1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 13 Cheers came along at a time when British situation comedy..was at its lowest ebb.

2002 S. Tropiano Prime Time Closet iv. 185 Television situation comedies follow a relatively simple format: a conflict or dilemma is introduced, the characters exchange one-liners as they work toward a solution, and, thirty minutes later, all problems are resolved.

situation ethics n. Philosophy a theory or doctrine asserting that ethical judgement should take into account circumstances and social context rather than follow absolute moral laws or standards; cf. situational ethics n. at situational adj. Compounds.

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > codes of ethics

bushido1898

budo1905

Protestant ethic1926

situation ethics1942

situation morality1959

Protestant work ethic1963

1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 196 The papers to be read at two philosophy sessions are as follows:..‘From normative science to situation ethics’ by F. W. Meier, [etc.].

1966 J. Fletcher Situation Ethics i. 26 Situation ethics goes part of the way with natural law, by accepting reason as the instrument of moral judgment while rejecting the notion that the good is ‘given’ in the nature of things, objectively.

2003 Church Times 14 Mar. 14/3 Robinson unreservedly (and unguardedly) endorsed the ‘situation ethics’ of the American Episcopalian Joseph Fletcher, according to which nothing can be labelled as wrong, except the failure to do the loving thing.

situation map n. chiefly Military a map showing the state of any action, operation, etc., at a particular time and place.In quot. 1806 as military situation map, apparently as an isolated example translating the title of a Swedish publication. The term does not show continuity of use until the 20th cent.

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1806 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 1055 A Treatise on the Manner of drawing Military Situation Maps, and distinguishing the Objects with Precision; by O. Gripenburg, Major in the Army.

1909 Proc. Board Trustees Sanitary District Chicago 8 Sept. 1041/2 A situation map was made showing the location of tracks, buildings, old foundation, etc.

1917 Irish Times 9 June 5/3 I have before me a situation map showing the German front as it was at zero, the starting of the attack on Thursday morning, and as it was at 10.30 am., or about seven hours later.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 25 He looks at the Situation Map, the serviceability blackboard, and other items of visual intelligence.

2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 14 Recent situation maps of Syria indicate that barely 20 per cent of the country is under government control.

situation morality n. moral judgement based on, or taking into account, circumstances and social context; = situational morality n. at situational adj. Compounds.

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > codes of ethics

bushido1898

budo1905

Protestant ethic1926

situation ethics1942

situation morality1959

Protestant work ethic1963

1959 Catholic Lawyer 5 82/1 The exponents of situation morality, by rejecting the ethical universal along with all essence, show that they feel that if there were a system of moral values, the rules of it would apply automatically and of themselves.

1992 Probl. of Communism Jan. 82/2 People learned how to get along, how to succeed, and they adopted ‘situation morality’, which blurs the boundary between what is moral and what is immoral.

situation report n. a report or update on a particular state of affairs, or on the progress of events in a particular situation; cf. sitrep n.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > report

state1802

situation report1892

sitrep1943

society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > of situation or progress

progress report1860

status report1883

situation report1892

1892 Standard 14 Oct. (advt.) Our Situation Report shows 1090 appointments biennally.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 561 Situation reports, reports designed to keep superior officers and neighboring units informed of the progress of events and any important changes in the situation or movement of their own or enemy troops.

1970 C. Whitman Death out of Focus vii. 104 No doubt her precious father had telephoned her and given her the latest situation report.

2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game ix. 63 Did the Emergency Service guy radio a situation report?

situation room n. (also situations room) a room set aside by a military or governmental agency for giving reports on the current state of any action, operation, etc.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > operations room or centre

op1941

situation room1942

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > state agency or quango > centre for up-to-date reports

situation room1942

1942 N.Y. Times 3 June 19/1 Not only does his guiding information come from this small corps of women in the ‘situation room’, but the messages are coded by another feminine platoon which sits, day and night, behind screens in Ferrying Command headquarters.

1970 M. Kelly Spinifex ii. 28 Hopkins was sitting on the edge of a table in the Situations Room.

2008 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 6/7 The economic war council set up by Gordon Brown met for the first time yesterday in the secure ‘situation room’ normally used to discuss terrorist attacks and acts of war.

situations vacant n. job vacancies, esp. ones advertised in a newspaper; a newspaper page or section carrying advertisements for job vacancies; cf. sits vac n.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > other sections or columns

Poets' Corner1733

situations wanted1809

situations vacant1819

feuilleton1845

roman feuilleton1845

home page1860

personal1860

society page1883

City page1893

women's page1893

book page1898

ear1901

film guide1918

op-ed1931

masthead1934

magazine section1941

write-in1947

listings1971

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > a vacancy > vacancies as advertised

situations vacant1819

1819 Times 8 Oct. Stoney went..to make inquiries as to the situations vacant.

1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xx. 207 I'll be readin' the Situations Vacant before I know where I am. 'E aint even left me a reference.

1971 D. Lees Rainbow Conspiracy ii. 29 An obvious commercial traveller reading the situations vacant column of the Telegraph.

2006 Company Nov. 101/2 Forget reading celeb mags in your lunch break and scan the situations vacant, instead.

situations wanted n. jobs sought, esp. ones advertised in a newspaper; a newspaper page or section carrying advertisements by people seeking jobs.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > other sections or columns

Poets' Corner1733

situations wanted1809

situations vacant1819

feuilleton1845

roman feuilleton1845

home page1860

personal1860

society page1883

City page1893

women's page1893

book page1898

ear1901

film guide1918

op-ed1931

masthead1934

magazine section1941

write-in1947

listings1971

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > a vacancy > vacancies as advertised > wanted

situations wanted1809

1809 Bury & Norwich Post 18 Jan. (advt.) Situations wanted for two young ladies..as under teachers in respectable schools.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 73 Want ads..closely printed columns of advertisements of help wanted and situations wanted.

1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax ii. 14 ‘Is it Situations Wanted day?.. If so, give me the outside sheet.’.. The Duke pulled his newspaper to pieces.

2013 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 June a13 Emma placed an ad in a St. Louis newspaper. It was under Situations Wanted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	situation
释义	situationn. Brit. /ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃn/, /ˌsɪtʃʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɪtʃəˈweɪʃən/ Forms: late Middle English setuacyon, late Middle English situacioun, late Middle English–1500s cytuacyon, late Middle English–1500s sytuacion, late Middle English–1500s sytuacyon, 1500s cituacion, 1500s situacion, 1500s sytuatyon, 1500s–1600s cituation, 1500s–1600s scituacion, 1500s–1600s scytuacion, 1500s–1600s scytuation, 1500s–1600s sytuation, 1500s–1700s scituation, 1500s– situation, 1600s cittuation, 1600s sittuation; also Scottish pre-1700 situacioun, pre-1700 situacioune. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French situation; Latin situation-, situatio. Etymology: < (i) Middle French situation, situacion (French situation ) position of a person or thing in relation to another (late 14th cent.), set of circumstances affecting a person or a thing (early 15th cent.; rare before late 17th cent.), region (mid 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin situation-, situatio position (from 13th cent. in British sources; 14th cent. in continental sources), place, site (14th cent.; from 15th cent. in British sources), act of setting in place (1363 in Chauliac in medical context; from 1513 in British sources) < situat- , past participial stem of situare situate v. + classical Latin -io -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish situación , Italian situazione (both 14th cent.), and also Middle Dutch situācie (end of the 15th cent.; Dutch situatie ), German Situation (16th cent.), which are probably < French. With sense 11 compare French situation (early 18th cent. in this sense). I. Senses relating to location or physical position. †1. a. Surgery. The action of placing an injured part or parts of the body in a position which favours healing. Also: the position of an injured part before or after such a procedure. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 54 (MED) 3a. þing is complete of gode & seming ligature, i. byndyng, and of dewe situacioun [?c1425 Paris sitynge; L. situatione], i. settyng, & of sewyng if it be necessite. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 141, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Situacioun Þe laste is be cause of indewe situacioun of þe member..ȝif þe knee oþer þe elbowe be wounded of trauers and in þe time of consolidacioun it be folden & bounden after þe flexibilite, sucche situacioun schulde lete consolidacioun of þe member, and þerfore it semeþ conuenient & profitabel þat þe member be in his dewe situacioun in tyme of þe consolidacioun. 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale sig. N.iii The situation of the wounded Ioint. 1695 R. B. tr. J. de La Charrière Treat. Chirurg. Operations ii. 15 After he has exactly brought together the Lips [of the wound], and endeavour'd to take all necessary care for maintaining them in the same Situation. b. The action of positioning something in a particular place. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] layingc1330 pitchinga1398 settinga1398 couchingc1400 stowingc1440 placingc1449 stelling1560 disposition1563 location1568 planting1585 situation1589 collocation1605 situating1611 disposurea1625 depositure1635 allodgement1639 instalment1646 fixation1652 deposition1659 lodgement1713 repositing1713 emplacement1742 bestowal1773 locating1774 disposal1828 placement1844 allocation1846 enlodgement1884 siting1902 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 70 By diuersitie of placing and scituation of your measures and concords. c. The action of settling a place; settlement, occupation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > [noun] planting1584 plantation1587 settling1609 colonizinga1626 situationa1657 seating1700 colonization1747 settlement1827 pioneering1851 a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 88 They..found diverse cornfeilds, & litle runing brooks, a place (as they supposed) fitt for situation. 2. a. The exact position of a person or thing in relation to another or to surroundings; the arrangement or position of people or things in relation to each other or to surroundings. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > [noun] standing?c1400 situationa1484 setting?1523 disposition?1541 position1556 collocation1605 posture1605 standa1684 lie1697 lay1819 presentation1833 sit1857 gisement1864 orientation1875 a1484 Treat. Seven Liberal Arts in Speculum (1993) 68 1039 (MED) The first letter a..is in figure like a triangle..v..is turned and hath contrarie situacioun. 1502–3 in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl. (1927) 118 James Crukschank was conuict..for the breking of commone ordinance in the situacioun & ordoure of the processioun. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Anthropographie, is the description of the Number, Measure, Waight, figure, Situation, and colour of euery diuerse thing, conteyned in the perfect body of Man. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. i. 53 And this our proportion Poeticall resteth in fiue points: Staffe, Measure, Concord, Scituation and figure all which shall be spoken of in their places. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxviii. sig. H3^v To be so tikled they would change their state, And situation with those dancing chips. View more context for this quotation 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 31 From the scituation some are Anterior, some Posteriour. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Resistence The Resistence of a Body is always equal to the greatest Weight which it will sustain in a vertical Situation, without breaking. 1788 R. E. Raspe Gulliver Revived (ed. 5) i. 8 I fell..to the ground with fear... After waiting in this prostrate situation a few seconds, I heard a..noise. 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson II. 257 Her mizen-top,..in the then situation of the two vessels, was not more than fifteen yards from that part of the deck. 1888 Official Gaz. U.S. Patents Office 3 May 588/2 Thatcher found out that the fuel magazine was useful in its new situation. 1931 Bull. Central Meteorol. Observatory Japan 4 6 The vortex core..returns to the upright situation when the current dies out. 1981 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 68 138 (caption) Situation of the eight Ca ions in the unit-cell near to the frontal pinacoid plane. 2014 R. Ariew Descartes & First Cartesians 129 To determine an object's situation among other bodies (in space), we must take into account other bodies we consider motionless. †b. A place occupied by a person, or at which a person resides. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] resteOE worthineeOE settlea900 wickc900 houseOE erdinga1000 teld-stedec1000 wonningc1000 innOE bewistc1200 setnessc1200 wanea1225 i-holda1250 wonec1275 wunselec1275 wonning-place1303 bigginga1325 wonning-stede1338 tabernaclea1340 siegec1374 dwelling-placec1380 lodgingc1380 seea1382 tabernaclea1382 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 arresta1400 bowerc1400 wonning-wanec1400 lengingc1420 tenementc1425 tentc1430 abiding placea1450 mansion place1473 domicile1477 lendingc1480 inhabitance1482 biding-place?1520 seat1535 abode1549 remainingc1550 soil1555 household1585 mansion-seata1586 residing1587 habitance1590 fixation1614 situation?1615 commoratorya1641 haft1785 location1795 fanea1839 inhabitancy1853 habitat1854 occupancy1864 nivas1914 downsetting1927 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxiv. 21 Those soules Idols, that the weary dead Gaue vp in earth: which in a flowry Mead Had habitable situation. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 18 Boisterous weather..caused us to make all manner of Dispatch to get out of that Situation. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. ii. vii. 157 Apply in sickness to the best physician or apothecary within reach of your situation. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) Pref. p. iii It was written..from the few materials which were within my reach in a country situation. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders I. 198 Educated in a remote situation. 3. a. The location of a building, city, country, etc., in relation to its (esp. natural) surroundings; the area, region, etc., in which something is situated. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > in respect of surroundings site?c1400 situationc1485 standing1538 seat1549 neighbourhood1668 emplacement1780 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 106 All gude Constable suld put..the schip men efter the place and the situacioune of the toune. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xii. sig. Dij Haue in mynde..the setuacyon of thy cyte newely fowunded. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 270/2 Sytuacion of a towne, assiete. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccx^v The Castell was kept agaynst them which for the situation was vnprennable. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 429 Westminster..had a pleasant situation amongst fruitfull fields, and greene grounds [etc.]. 1636 W. Davenant Platonick Lovers i. i. sig.B2 The scituation of this house hath but a while employed his eyes without. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 236 Manila itself is in a very healthy situation. 1795 W. W. Seward Topographia Hibernica at Moyne Here are the large remains of Moyne-abbey... Its situation is beautiful, tho' lonely and sequestered. 1842 Acct. Revels at Court 223 In one [plan] the situation of the music room is clear enough; viz. at the side of the stage. 1892 E. Stebbing Holy Carpet of Mosque at Ardebil ii. 15 The situation of Shiraz was in every way favourable to the carpet industry..especially to the so-called ‘Mecca’ rugs. 1912 E. S. Armitage Early Norman Castles Brit. Isles vi. 83 It is rare indeed to find a motte-castle in a wild, mountainous situation in England. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xiii. 140 The situation of Stow is especially instructive, for the town is sited on a hilltop approached from all sides by ridgeways. 2007 Times 7 Sept. (Bricks & Mortar section) 27/1 Thanks to its remote and secluded situation Pitchford was one of the select group of houses selected as places where the Royal Family could retreat if the Germans had invaded in 1940. †b. Without article or other determiner, in the same sense: location, setting (of a building, city, country, etc., esp. in relation to its natural surroundings). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bv^v The chiefe cytie..is in situacion..much lyke vnto the cytie of Milayne. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 352^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Situatioun Paris..in situacion tranquil & lowne. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlviii. 2 Beautifull for situation..is mount Sion. View more context for this quotation 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 94 Places as eminent in scituation as she in sweetnesse of disposition. 1701 J. Prince Danmonii Orientales Illustres 400 A sightly Seat for Shew, for Receipt Spacious, for Cost Sumptuous, for Situation Salubrious. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 132 When a Streaming Tinner observes a place favourable in situation, he takes a lease..of the land owner or lord of the fee. 1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. v. 119 Edinburgh is the finest town for situation in Europe. †4. Direction, course. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > course or direction of movement runeeOE runningOE pathOE wayOE tracea1300 coursec1380 coursec1380 racec1390 recourse?c1425 situation1517 journey?a1560 track1565 roadway1600 career?1614 direction1665 by-run1674 sensea1679 meith1726 heading1841 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 10 This is the waye and the sytuacyon Vnto the toure of famous doctryne. †5. a. The exact site on which a building, city, etc., is constructed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied stead1246 sitec1400 station?1440 situation1542 residency1579 platform1589 region1664 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 25 Having sixtene fote of..the same grounde for the scituacion of the same conduicte heade. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xvi. 172 The Citie of Mexico is seated in the same Lake, although the Spaniards have filled vp the place of the scituation with earth. a1615 Balnagown MS in W. R. Baillie Breve Cron. Earlis of Ross (1850) 3 The said Erll founded an abbey at Farne, quhair the situation thereof yit does appeare. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 323 Pilasters of Stone, and Arches, would have taken up a great part of the Situation there. 1890 N. Carolina Univ. Mag. New Ser. 9 110 [The doe] was often found on the situation of the old city of Raleigh. b. A place or locality considered as the site of a building, city, etc., or as somewhere to visit or spend time. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] stowc888 stokea900 steadc1000 placec1250 fletc1275 roomc1330 spotc1400 where1443 quarter1448 plat1556 stour1583 situation1610 ubity1624 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 260 The pleasant situation called Beaulieu. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 60 He views The dismal Situation waste and wilde, A Dungeon horrible. View more context for this quotation 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Nov. (1965) I. 282 After passing these dreadfull Rocks, Dresden appear'd to me a Wonderfull Agreable Scituation. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 59 Sir William Soames being sent embassador to Constantinople..Vosterman accompanied him, intending to paint the delights of that situation. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xv. 212 A small stand was drawn up near the stove, and the bottles and the glasses necessary for convenience. Two chairs were placed by the side of this comfortable situation. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. XL. 182/2 As a site for the building the trustees secured the town's bowling-green, the most conspicuous situation in Paisley, formerly the prætorium of a Roman camp. †6. A first coating of colour used as a ground (ground n. 6b) on which to paint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] scalec1400 superfice?c1400 superficie?a1425 overfacec1475 plata1522 superficies1530 situation1558 outface1570 upperface1583 surface1600 superface1633 periphery1664 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount v. f. 92 Whan you will gylte the parchemente, you shall geue it a grounde or situation [Fr. assiete] with the white of an Egge, or Gomme. †7. Horse Racing. Any of the first three positions or placings at the end of a race; a place (place n.¹ 18). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > place situation1864 place1885 show1907 1864 Bell's Life in London 17 Sept. 4/2 Victorious and Master Richard..managed to run into situations—Master Richard getting home a head in front of the favourite, who was slightly disappointed. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 34 Saying that he could lay against Blue Bell,..and that he had a little more to lay out against Whistler for a ‘situation’. 1909 Scotsman 3 May 4/3 One enthusiastic admirer of the colt [sc. Bayardo] actually laid 500 to 50 on him for a situation. II. Senses relating to a state or set of circumstances. †8. a. The state or condition of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] statec1225 estatec1230 farea1325 casec1325 beingc1330 degreec1330 condition1340 suita1375 stature?a1513 existence1530 affection?1543 existency1587 subsistence1597 consistence1626 subsistency1628 tone1641 consistency1690 attitude1744 situation1765 working order1784 faring1811 status1837 figure1858 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. i. 47 That which we esteem a Happiness in one Situation of Mind, is otherwise thought of in another. 1765 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) iii. vi. 405 The land, at the end of the nine years, must be in a much better situation than before it was limed. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §148 I found the work now in the following situation. b. A person's physical condition or state of health. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] ferec1175 statea1325 casec1325 likingc1330 plighta1393 dispositionc1400 health1509 disease1526 affection?1541 affect1605 valetude1623 tift1717 situation1749 condition1798 fix1816 shape1865 fig1883 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [noun] pregnation?a1425 gravidation1450 pregnancyc1487 conceytatea1500 greatnessa1500 tympany1580 childbearing1612 gestation1615 ingravidation1615 gravidity1651 pregnantness1727 utero-gestation1775 baby-making1827 situation1829 enceinteship1841 tecnogonia1860 infanticipation1934 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. iv. 117 Examine the situation of my son [Fr. examinez, s'il vous plaît, mon fils], and prescribe what you shall judge proper for his cure. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 95 People in a weak debilitated situation. 1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i. (note) in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 21 That the woman should have concealed her situation during the whole period of pregnancy. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvii. 236 Mrs. Bunny's in an interesting situation..and has given the Lieutenant seven already. 9. a. A person's position or circumstances in life, esp. regarded as affecting his or her welfare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade mannishOE placec1330 state1340 gree1382 conditionc1384 sectc1384 sortc1386 ordera1400 raff?a1400 degreea1425 countenancec1477 faction?1529 estate1530 race1563 calibre1567 being1579 coat1579 rang1580 rank1585 tier1590 classis1597 strain1600 consequence1602 regiment1602 sept1610 standinga1616 class1629 species1629 nome1633 quality1636 sort1671 size1679 situation1710 distinction1721 walk of life1733 walk1737 stage1801 strata1805 grade1808 caste1816 social stratum1838 station1842 stratum1863 echelon1950 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 169. To a thinking man it would seem prodigious, that the very situation in a country-life does not incline men to a scorn of the mean gratifications some take in it. 1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. Pref. p. xliii In my present situation at Birmingham. 1801 Missionary Mag. 17 Aug. 349 I am very happy in my situation here. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 41 I am happy that my situation, as a soldier under command, altogether dispenses with my thinking of it at all. 1909 E. I. Bosworth Stud. Life Jesus Christ 88 There is one question which must be asked of every individual, no matter what his situation in life: What kind of person are you? 1993 Boulevard Spring 145 Half the enjoyment in my life comes just from realizing how good my situation is, but that has drawbacks. 2004 R. A. Belliotti Happiness is Overrated iii. i. 69 My self-conscious, good-faith recognition that I am pleased or satisfied with my overall situation is sufficient for happiness. b. A position of employment; a job. Now formal.See also situations vacant n. at Compounds, situations wanted n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] steadc1000 noteOE officec1300 ministry?a1475 rooma1485 placea1500 roomth1544 place1558 post1562 berth1720 situation1766 job1781 sit1853 spot1859 billet1870 engagement1884 shop1885 gig1908 lurk1916 possie1916 number1928 site1930 sits vac1945 hat1966 1766 London Evening-post 9 Jan. I Take the earliest Opportunity of expressing to you my Happiness at being reinstated in a Situation I am most proud of, that of being one of your Representatives. 1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 265/1 He obtained the situation of army-agent. 1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun vii A gallant young cavalier..offered to Catalina a situation amongst his retinue. 1901 Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 9/7 Pork and Beef Butcher.—Young man wants Situation as machineman. 1951 Daily Mail 4 Jan. 2/6 Since leaving the hospital I have secured a situation which brings me a decent income. 2006 L. Berdoll Darcy & Elizabeth xxx. 120 He..took a situation in the village as schoolmaster. 10. a. The position of a person with regard to a state of affairs or set of circumstances, esp. as concerning his or her influence, role, or power to act. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > circumstances of a person or in life farcostc1275 chesounc1380 condition1607 circumstancea1704 situation1728 1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs Ded. p. iv You are now in a Situation of taking two the most delightful Prospects, that a generous Mind can have. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. 162 Where undue advantage is taken of the plaintiff's situation. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 353 Your situation is a situation of difficulty, and nothing but great patience can carry you through it. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xvi. 342 How true is it that men in parallel situations necessarily move on similar principles. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. i. 1 The difficulties of his situation increased. 1935 Yachting Dec. 82/3 Hanging on by the eyelids, the seaman's vivid description of his situation during a very heavy gale. 1997 Sunday Tel. 18 May (Rx Mag.) 20/3 The seriousness of her situation—and the few options open to her—had not really sunk in. 2015 R. St. James & N. Rue One Last Thing xx. 253 I know you think I'm an idiot to have ever ended up in this situation. b. A state of affairs, a set of circumstances. Frequently with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation thingeOE stallc1000 estrec1300 farea1325 arrayc1386 casea1393 costa1400 state of thingsa1500 style?a1505 predicament1586 facta1617 posture1620 picture1661 situation1750 position1829 lie1850 posish1859 state of play1916 the form1934 score1938 sitch1954 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 349 Suppose that business and situations should..call Mr. Harte away from you. 1777 W. Pitt in J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (1812) II. 302 This ruinous and ignominious situation..calls upon us to remonstrate in the strongest..language. 1795 Oracle & Public Advertiser 22 Jan. The financial situation of the country had for some time been discussed. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 237 He honoured his religion..by the morality which guided his conduct in all ordinary situations. 1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxiii. 195 The senate at last was master of the situation. 1870 Standard 5 Dec. Prince Frederick Charles has only to win one ringing victory to leave Paris face to face with a..desperate situation. 1932 L. E. Lawes 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1943–4) v. 198 I do not encourage..looking passively on while dangerous situations develop into hazardous facts. 1947 Irish Times 1 Sept. 5/6 Both the King and Princess Elizabeth have told the wedding planners that any great display would be out of keeping with the seriousness of the present economic situation. 1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 vi. 631 Most positivists..would argue that legal rules can never be spelled out in terms of all the situations to which they might be relevant. 1998 M. Soames Speaking for Themselves (1999) xv. 356 By July [1931] the situation was so dire that foreign investors panicked and there was a run on gold. 2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 July 74/4 Society has created a situation where everybody is in perpetual shopping mode, me included. c. As the second element in compounds with preceding noun. O.E.D. Suppl. (1986) notes that ‘objections have been raised’ to this use, with sense 10c(a) ‘often especially decried as an ugly and sometimes tautological formation’. (a) A state of affairs or set of circumstances characterized or denoted by the first element. ΚΠ 1859 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 10 Apr. 1/3 The Vienna correspondent..depicts the state of feeling in that city on the peace or war situation. 1910 Trans. Amer. Assoc. Study & Pevention Infant Mortality 1 71 A little steel marker flag was put on each card bearing the name of a sick baby. Thus the sick baby situation was flagged. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants i. 74 This is not a loan but a standing credit situation. 1993 Washington Post 18 June b1/3 These regulations will allow us to protect the fishery without going into a crisis situation. 2003 P. Todd & J. Bloch Global Issues i. 13 The heterarchical structures encouraged by the Internet are also those typical of armies in combat situations. 2017 New Scientist 13 May 33/2 In a threat situation, the model in our head no longer represents the truth on the ground. (b) A state of affairs or set of circumstances affecting that denoted by the first element. ΚΠ 1872 Birmingham Daily Post 2 Aug. 7/2 These aspects of the banking situation are mainly due to an artificial interference with the reserves. 1884 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 8 Apr. 6/1 Commissioner Fink has ordered a reduction in the tariff rates on cotton and this is taken..as doing no good to the traffic situation. 1902 Money 1902 12/1 The gravity of the money situation compelled the calling of additional margins. 1933 Amer. Mercury May 23/1 Since 1929 there has entered into the milk situation a new factor, which the Journal of the American Medical Association has named ‘bootleg milk’. 2016 Australian (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Sport section) 24 Jones said the Olympic sports were reconciled to the fact that their funding situation would not improve next year. d. euphemistic or colloquial (originally U.S.). A difficult, troubling, or problematic state of affairs or set of circumstances, typically one that requires immediate action; an emergency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > a complicated state of affairs labyrinthc1450 proplexity1487 maze1531 perplexity1563 intricacy1611 intrigo1648 intrigue1660 intricoa1670 wheels within wheels1679 imbroglio1818 involvement1821 scrimmage1852 situation1954 1954 C. E. Morris Counseling with Young People 133 It sounds like a bit of a situation all right, and I can see how you feel that you're in a jam, all right. 1984 S. King & P. Straub Talisman i. iii. 36 We could have a real situation here if somebody doesn't start paying attention to details. 1991 Washington Post 22 Apr. (Final ed.) a1/5 This is the first time I have seen the Iraqis in this mood. They are very tense and untrusting... I think we have got a situation on our hands here. 2013 J. Brody Unremembered xiv. 84 We have a situation at position 12. Requesting assistance immediately. 11. A circumstance or set of circumstances, esp. of a striking or exciting nature, portrayed as affecting a character or characters in the course of a novel, play, film, or other dramatic work. a. As a count noun. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > situation in a play scene1567 incident1695 situation1754 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > episode or situation scene1645 episode1679 situation1754 1754 J. Cleland Let. to D. Garrick 31 July in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) 57 The situation in the fifth act was never scenefied before. 1779 Mirror No. 31 The novellist who delineates characters by feigned circumstances and situations. 1790 C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 147 The conduct of her story is well conceived, her situations are in general natural. 1830 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 446 It has some striking scenes, but I think the ‘situations’ are produced by rather extravagant means. 1847 Illustr. London News 24 July 59/1 At the head of every scene is a description of the action, as a key to the musical situation. 1864 G. A. Lawrence Maurice Dering i It [sc. a book] is wildly melodramatic, and full of ‘situations’ from end to end. 1919 T. M. Campbell Life & Wks. F. Hebbel xi. 184 His strength lay in his analysis of the emotions in literary characters and situations. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 376/2 It [sc. the magazine story] is composed of prefabricated clichés—stock characters, stock situations, stock dialogue, stock plots. 2014 N.Y. Mag. 3 Nov. 98/2 Act One introduces characters and situations; plot complications ensue, followed by a rapid-fire third-act montage. b. As a mass noun. ΚΠ 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i There's situation for you! there's an heroic group! 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i This scene goes entirely for what we call situation and stage effect. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lii. 71 Passionate situation and intrigue, which she never made emotionally her own. 1899 Nation 30 Nov. 413/3 [Stephen] Crane..is humorous, and has a strong sense for comedy both in situation and in character. 1901 Harper's Mag. Apr. 805/2 A certain sparing touch, with which he presents situation and character by mere statement of fact. 1944 Ess. & Stud. 29 52 In the drama the playwright may be ‘explicit’ in finger-posting parts of plot, situation, or character. 2001 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. e5/5 Unfortunately, [the play] ‘The Wax’..is disconnected in ways that arise less from character and situation than from authorial imposition. Compounds situation awareness n. = situational awareness n. at situational adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1969 S. Fisher in Proc. of 1969 Inst. Techn. & Industr. Communication 70/2 The ‘congruence approach’ implies that audiences are aware of their risks... Is this true? The answer is both yes and no. Yes, the audience always is aware of some risks... And no, it is not aware of others... This dual ‘yes-and-no’ aspect of risk-awareness, or situation-awareness, appears in all the latest models of communications behavior. 1989 Airforce July 6/3 What will still be missing is a level of procedural polish and situation awareness that only comes with flying in that environment every day. 2018 Gympie (Queensland) Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. 5 Researchers..are about to begin a new study into the situation awareness and hazard perception of experienced drivers aged 60 years and over. situation comedy n. a comedy in which the humour depends mainly on the situations or circumstances faced by the characters; comedy of this type; (later) a television or radio comedy series involving a regular cast of characters in a succession of amusing situations or circumstances, typically presented in 30-minute episodes and filmed or recorded before a live studio audience; this as a genre; cf. sitcom n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy Old Comedy1529 New Comedy1542 comedy of errors?1595 romantic comedy1748 musical comedy1765 comédie larmoyante1773 sketch1789 serio-comedy1808 vaudeville1827 teacup-and-saucer comedy1842 satyr play1845 Restoration comedy1866 zarzuela1888 situation comedy1893 sex comedy1915 sitcom1956 1893 Manch. Guardian 23 Oct. 7/2 The play [sc. Berlioz's ‘Benvenuto Cellini’] is a ‘situation comedy’ of the old style. 1915 Movie Mag. July 30/1 Proving beyond any question of doubt the fallacy of the assertion that a legitimate, high class, situation comedy of more than two reels cannot be successfully done. 1953 TV Guide (U.S.) 23 Oct. (N.Y. Metro ed.) 19/1 Ever since I love Lucy zoomed to the top rung on the rating ladder, it seems the networks have been filling every available half-hour with another situation comedy. 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 161/1 The two best situation-comedy shows this country has ever produced are..Steptoe and Son and..Till Death Us Do Part. 1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 13 Cheers came along at a time when British situation comedy..was at its lowest ebb. 2002 S. Tropiano Prime Time Closet iv. 185 Television situation comedies follow a relatively simple format: a conflict or dilemma is introduced, the characters exchange one-liners as they work toward a solution, and, thirty minutes later, all problems are resolved. situation ethics n. Philosophy a theory or doctrine asserting that ethical judgement should take into account circumstances and social context rather than follow absolute moral laws or standards; cf. situational ethics n. at situational adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > codes of ethics bushido1898 budo1905 Protestant ethic1926 situation ethics1942 situation morality1959 Protestant work ethic1963 1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 196 The papers to be read at two philosophy sessions are as follows:..‘From normative science to situation ethics’ by F. W. Meier, [etc.]. 1966 J. Fletcher Situation Ethics i. 26 Situation ethics goes part of the way with natural law, by accepting reason as the instrument of moral judgment while rejecting the notion that the good is ‘given’ in the nature of things, objectively. 2003 Church Times 14 Mar. 14/3 Robinson unreservedly (and unguardedly) endorsed the ‘situation ethics’ of the American Episcopalian Joseph Fletcher, according to which nothing can be labelled as wrong, except the failure to do the loving thing. situation map n. chiefly Military a map showing the state of any action, operation, etc., at a particular time and place.In quot. 1806 as military situation map, apparently as an isolated example translating the title of a Swedish publication. The term does not show continuity of use until the 20th cent. ΚΠ 1806 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 1055 A Treatise on the Manner of drawing Military Situation Maps, and distinguishing the Objects with Precision; by O. Gripenburg, Major in the Army. 1909 Proc. Board Trustees Sanitary District Chicago 8 Sept. 1041/2 A situation map was made showing the location of tracks, buildings, old foundation, etc. 1917 Irish Times 9 June 5/3 I have before me a situation map showing the German front as it was at zero, the starting of the attack on Thursday morning, and as it was at 10.30 am., or about seven hours later. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 25 He looks at the Situation Map, the serviceability blackboard, and other items of visual intelligence. 2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 14 Recent situation maps of Syria indicate that barely 20 per cent of the country is under government control. situation morality n. moral judgement based on, or taking into account, circumstances and social context; = situational morality n. at situational adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > codes of ethics bushido1898 budo1905 Protestant ethic1926 situation ethics1942 situation morality1959 Protestant work ethic1963 1959 Catholic Lawyer 5 82/1 The exponents of situation morality, by rejecting the ethical universal along with all essence, show that they feel that if there were a system of moral values, the rules of it would apply automatically and of themselves. 1992 Probl. of Communism Jan. 82/2 People learned how to get along, how to succeed, and they adopted ‘situation morality’, which blurs the boundary between what is moral and what is immoral. situation report n. a report or update on a particular state of affairs, or on the progress of events in a particular situation; cf. sitrep n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > report state1802 situation report1892 sitrep1943 society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > of situation or progress progress report1860 status report1883 situation report1892 1892 Standard 14 Oct. (advt.) Our Situation Report shows 1090 appointments biennally. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 561 Situation reports, reports designed to keep superior officers and neighboring units informed of the progress of events and any important changes in the situation or movement of their own or enemy troops. 1970 C. Whitman Death out of Focus vii. 104 No doubt her precious father had telephoned her and given her the latest situation report. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game ix. 63 Did the Emergency Service guy radio a situation report? situation room n. (also situations room) a room set aside by a military or governmental agency for giving reports on the current state of any action, operation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > operations room or centre op1941 situation room1942 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > state agency or quango > centre for up-to-date reports situation room1942 1942 N.Y. Times 3 June 19/1 Not only does his guiding information come from this small corps of women in the ‘situation room’, but the messages are coded by another feminine platoon which sits, day and night, behind screens in Ferrying Command headquarters. 1970 M. Kelly Spinifex ii. 28 Hopkins was sitting on the edge of a table in the Situations Room. 2008 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 6/7 The economic war council set up by Gordon Brown met for the first time yesterday in the secure ‘situation room’ normally used to discuss terrorist attacks and acts of war. situations vacant n. job vacancies, esp. ones advertised in a newspaper; a newspaper page or section carrying advertisements for job vacancies; cf. sits vac n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > other sections or columns Poets' Corner1733 situations wanted1809 situations vacant1819 feuilleton1845 roman feuilleton1845 home page1860 personal1860 society page1883 City page1893 women's page1893 book page1898 ear1901 film guide1918 op-ed1931 masthead1934 magazine section1941 write-in1947 listings1971 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > a vacancy > vacancies as advertised situations vacant1819 1819 Times 8 Oct. Stoney went..to make inquiries as to the situations vacant. 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xx. 207 I'll be readin' the Situations Vacant before I know where I am. 'E aint even left me a reference. 1971 D. Lees Rainbow Conspiracy ii. 29 An obvious commercial traveller reading the situations vacant column of the Telegraph. 2006 Company Nov. 101/2 Forget reading celeb mags in your lunch break and scan the situations vacant, instead. situations wanted n. jobs sought, esp. ones advertised in a newspaper; a newspaper page or section carrying advertisements by people seeking jobs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > other sections or columns Poets' Corner1733 situations wanted1809 situations vacant1819 feuilleton1845 roman feuilleton1845 home page1860 personal1860 society page1883 City page1893 women's page1893 book page1898 ear1901 film guide1918 op-ed1931 masthead1934 magazine section1941 write-in1947 listings1971 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > a vacancy > vacancies as advertised > wanted situations wanted1809 1809 Bury & Norwich Post 18 Jan. (advt.) Situations wanted for two young ladies..as under teachers in respectable schools. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 73 Want ads..closely printed columns of advertisements of help wanted and situations wanted. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax ii. 14 ‘Is it Situations Wanted day?.. If so, give me the outside sheet.’.. The Duke pulled his newspaper to pieces. 2013 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 June a13 Emma placed an ad in a St. Louis newspaper. It was under Situations Wanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1425
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