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circumstance
Overview of noun circumstance
The noun circumstance has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (39) circumstance -- (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)
2. (8) context, circumstance -- (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context")
3. (3) circumstance, condition, consideration -- (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take")
4. circumstance -- (formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun circumstance
4 senses of circumstance
Sense 1
circumstance
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
context, circumstance
=> environment
=> situation, state of affairs
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
circumstance, condition, consideration
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
circumstance
=> ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
=> affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun circumstance
2 of 4 senses of circumstance
Sense 1
circumstance
=> event, case
=> hinge
=> playing field
Sense 3
circumstance, condition, consideration
=> justification
=> mitigating circumstance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun circumstance
4 senses of circumstance
Sense 1
circumstance
=> condition, status
Sense 2
context, circumstance
=> environment
Sense 3
circumstance, condition, consideration
=> information
Sense 4
circumstance
=> ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
Antonyms of noun circumstance
Member Holonyms of noun circumstance
Substance Holonyms of noun circumstance
Part Holonyms of noun circumstance
Member Meronyms of noun circumstance
Substance Meronyms of noun circumstance
Part Meronyms of noun circumstance
Meronyms of noun circumstance
Holonyms of noun circumstance
Attributes of noun circumstance
Derived Forms of noun circumstance
1 of 4 senses of circumstance
Sense 2
context, circumstance
RELATED TO>(adj) circumstantial#1
=> circumstantial
Domain of noun circumstance
Domain Terms of noun circumstance
Familiarity of noun circumstance
circumstance used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun circumstance
4 senses of circumstance
Sense 1
circumstance
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 2
context, circumstance
> environment
=> context, circumstance
=> ecology
=> setting, background, scope
=> home
=> milieu, surroundings
=> sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
=> street
Sense 3
circumstance, condition, consideration
> information
=> datum, data point
=> acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
=> fact
=> example, illustration, instance, representative
=> circumstance, condition, consideration
=> background, background knowledge
=> descriptor
=> evidence, grounds
=> predictor
=> tip-off
=> stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
Sense 4
circumstance
> ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
=> circumstance
=> funeral
=> wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
=> pageant, pageantry
=> dedication
=> opening
=> commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation
=> military ceremony
=> initiation, induction, installation
=> exercise
=> fire walking
=> formality, formalities
=> Maundy
=> potlatch
Meronyms of noun circumstance
4 senses of circumstance
Holonyms of noun circumstance
Grep of noun circumstance
circumstance
circumstances
mitigating circumstance
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