Situation \Sit`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.]

1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity. --Rogers.

3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

There's situation for you! there's an heroic group! --Sheridan.

4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

Syn: State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See State.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)