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How to pronounce situation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms position
Type of condition, status
Has types place, stymie, soup, stymy, poverty trap, shoes


the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils.
found herself in a very fortunate situation.
Type Words
Synonyms berth, billet, office, place, position, post, spot
Type of line of work, job, business, occupation, line
Has types eldership, emirate, episcopate, fatherhood, feudal lordship, foremanship, generalcy, generalship, governorship, headship, hot seat, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, judgeship, judicature, khanate, lectureship, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, womanhood, academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, associateship, attorneyship, bailiffship, baronetage, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clerkship, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanery, deanship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, prelature, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, public office, rabbinate, receivership, rectorate, rectorship, regency, residency, rulership, sainthood, secretaryship, seigneury, seigniory, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, trusteeship, vice-presidency, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, magistracy, magistrature, managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorate, pastorship, peasanthood, plum, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy
Type Words
Synonyms site
Type of position, place
Has types active site, epitope, restriction site, antigenic determinant, close quarters, locus, locus of infection, determinant
Derivation situate
Type Words
Synonyms state of affairs
Type of state
Has types hotbed, status quo, goldfish bowl, ballgame, crowding, rejection, picture, fishbowl, complication, fish bowl, scene, childlessness, challenge, absurd, size, the absurd, size of it, prison, prison house, thing, environment, acceptance, square one, element, disequilibrium, exclusion, equilibrium, new ballgame, intestacy, inclusion


the present international situation is dangerous.
eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
Type Words
Type of difficulty
Has types purgatory, crisis, strait, crunch, quicksand, imbroglio, impasse, no-win situation, incubus, ticking bomb, time bomb, nightmare, standstill, swamp, stalemate, embroilment, urgency, mexican standoff, straits, tinderbox, pass, dead end, deadlock, hornet's nest, hornets' nest, hot potato, conflict of interest, how-d'ye-do, how-do-you-do


the dangerous situation developed suddenly.
that's quite a situation.
no human situation is simple.

Examples of situation

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However, Meosho Morrow isn't in that situation at all at McCluer South-Berkeley.
From the stltoday.com
The ownership situation is shaky, but New Orleans leads the world in rebounding.
From the thenewstribune.com
Also, the payment schedule has been modified because of the NFL labor situation.
From the washingtontimes.com
This hockey version, however, is more of a reality show than a situation comedy.
From the stltoday.com
I'd expect him back for Duquesne, but Majerus didn't elaborate on the situation.
From the stltoday.com
Start with Spain's financial situation compared with those of the troubled trio.
From the online.wsj.com
The latest price rises show how precarious the global food situation has become.
From the online.wsj.com
So I'm going to work to try to streamline the situation and move things forward.
From the online.wsj.com
For that reason, K-State must now search for its niche in a difficult situation.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • 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 ...
  • 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"
  • A complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
  • Site: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
  • Position: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
  • Located: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"
  • Situation is a Juno-nominated album by Buck 65 released on October 30, 2007.
  • One of the first times in which Jean-Paul Sartre discussed the concept of Situation was in the context of theatre, in his 1947 essay For a Theatre of Situations. ...
  • "Situation" is the title of a 1982 single by the British synthpop band Yazoo. The song was originally released in the UK as the B-side to Yazoo's debut single, "Only You", which went to number two on the UK Singles Chart. Released as a single in its own right in the U.S. ...