Meaning & Definition of Situation in English

1. 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

2. A condition or position in which you find yourself

• "The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"

• "Found herself in a very fortunate situation"

3. A complex or critical or unusual difficulty

• "The dangerous situation developed suddenly"

• "That's quite a situation"

• "No human situation is simple"

4. Physical position in relation to the surroundings

• "The sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

5. A job in an organization

• "He occupied a post in the treasury"