Толковый словарь английского языка - circumstance
Circumstance
circumstance
noun see: stand Date: 13th century 1. a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another ; an essential or inevitable concomitant , a subordinate or accessory fact or detail , a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (as a crime) , 2. the sum of essential and environmental factors (as of an event or situation) , state of affairs ; eventuality , situation with regard to wealth , attendant formalities and ceremonial , an event that constitutes a detail (as of a narrative or course of events) , see: occurrence
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n. 1 a a fact, occurrence, or condition, esp. (in pl.) the time, place, manner, cause, occasion etc., or surroundings of an act or event. b (in pl.) the external conditions that affect or might affect an action. 2 (often foll. by that + clause) an incident, occurrence, or fact, as needing consideration (the circumstance that he left early). 3 (in pl.) one's state of financial or material welfare (in reduced circumstances). 4 ceremony, fuss (pomp and circumstance). 5 full detail in a narrative (told it with much circumstance). Phrases and idioms in (or under) the (or these) circumstances the state of affairs being what it is. in (or under) no circumstances not at all; never. Derivatives circumstanced adj. Etymology: ME f. OF circonstance or L circumstantia (as CIRCUM-, stantia f. sto stand) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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