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circumstance

Roget-categorie 8

1. Words expressing abstract relations
1.1. Existence
›› 1.1.4. Modal existence

#8. Circumstance

zelfstandig naamwoord

circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, pointtermsregimefooting, standing, status.
occasion, juncture, conjunctivecontingency etc. (event) 151.
predicamentemergence, emergencyexigency, crisis, pinch, pass, pushoccurrenceturning point.
bearings, how the land lies.
surroundings, context, environment 232location 184.
contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475causation 153, attribution 155.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

circumstantialgiven, conditional, provisionalcriticalmodalcontingent, incidentaladventitious etc. (extrinsic) 6limitative.

bijwoord

in the circumstances, under the circumstances etc. n., the circumstances, conditions etc. 7thus, in such wise.
accordinglythat being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstancesthat being so, sith, since, seeing that.
as matters standas things go, as times go.
conditionally, provided, if, in caseif so, if so be, if it be sodepending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditionsif it so happen, if it so turn outin the event ofin such a contingency, in such a case, in such an eventprovisionally, unless, without.
according to circumstances, according to the occasionas it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may beas the case may be, as the wind blowspro re nata [Lat.].

uitdrukking

yet are my sins not those of circumstance" [Lytton].

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