CIRCUMSTANCE
\sˈɜːkəmstˌans], \sˈɜːkəmstˌans], \s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m_s_t_ˌa_n_s]\
Definitions of CIRCUMSTANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
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An event; a fact; a particular incident.
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Circumlocution; detail.
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Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
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To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
By Oddity Software
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That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
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An event; a fact; a particular incident.
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Circumlocution; detail.
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Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
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To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
By Noah Webster.
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Something relative to a fact; an event, detail, or incident; as, an interesting circumstance in his life.
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To place under limiting conditions.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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