STATE OF AFFAIRS
\stˈe͡ɪt ɒv ɐfˈe͡əz], \stˈeɪt ɒv ɐfˈeəz], \s_t_ˈeɪ_t ɒ_v ɐ_f_ˈeə_z]\
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the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
By Princeton University
