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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time;
- Example: "the present international situation is dangerous"
- Example: "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"
- Example: "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
[syn: situation, state of affairs]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

state of affairs
    n 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 [syn:
         situation, state of affairs]