1. circumstances - noun
· your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "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"
Synonym(s): fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, portion
Hypernym(s): condition
2. circumstances - noun
· a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
Hypernym(s): possession
3. circumstance - noun
· a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
Hypernym(s): condition, status
4. circumstance - noun
· the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
Hypernym(s): environment
5. circumstance - noun
· information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
Synonym(s): condition, consideration
Hypernym(s): information
6. circumstance - noun
· formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
Hypernym(s): ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial_occasion, observance
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