nnoun.stateyour overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)Synset:destiny fate fortune lot luck portion
Examples:- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
Hypernyms:condition
Inherited Hypernyms:fortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bad luckfailuregood fortunegood luckill luckluckinessmisfortuneprovidencetough luck
Full Hyponyms:adversityafflictionanguishbank failurebankruptcybig timebitter endblessingcatastropheconcentration campcrop failurecrossdead duckdistressextremityfailurefool's paradisegood fortunegutterhard cheesehealthill-beingliving deathmercymiserymisfortunenadirpay dirtpressureprosperityprovidencestrengthsuccesssufferingthroevictimizationweaknesswellbeing
nnoun.possessiona person's financial situation (good or bad)Examples:- he found himself in straitened circumstances
Hypernyms:possession
Inherited Hypernyms:circumstancespossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.statea condition that accompanies or influences some event or activityHypernyms:condition status
Inherited Hypernyms:circumstanceconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:caseeventhingeplaying field
Full Hyponyms:eventhingeplaying field
nnoun.statethe set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or eventSynset:circumstance context setting
Derivationally Related Form:circumstantialcontextual
Hypernyms:environment
Inherited Hypernyms:contextenvironmentsituationstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:conditions
nnoun.cognitioninformation that should be kept in mind when making a decisionSynset:circumstance condition consideration
Examples:- another consideration is the time it would take
Derivationally Related Form:conditionconsider
Hypernyms:information
Inherited Hypernyms:circumstanceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:justificationmitigating circumstance
Full Hyponyms:justificationmitigating circumstance
nnoun.eventformal ceremony about important occasionsHypernyms:ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony observance
Inherited Hypernyms:circumstanceceremonyaffairsocial eventeventpsychological featureabstractionentity