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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
- Example: "whatever my fortune may be"
- Example: "deserved a better fate"
- Example: "has a happy lot"
- Example: "the luck of the Irish"
- Example: "a victim of circumstances"
- Example: "success that was her portion"
[syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion]

2. a person's financial situation (good or bad);
- Example: "he found himself in straitened circumstances"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circumstances
    n 1: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
         everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may
         be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck
         of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that
         was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate,
         luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
    2: a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found
       himself in straitened circumstances"