Definition of Circumstance
Circumstance
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
An event; a fact; a particular incident.
Circumlocution; detail.
Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
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Circumstance Quotations
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Martha Washington
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.
George Eliot
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
James A. Baldwin
The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.
Giacomo Casanova
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.
Sidney Poitier
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
David Hume
The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.
E. O. Wilson
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
Neil Armstrong
The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it's happening.
Kato Kaelin
On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.
Ayrton Senna
Circumstance Translations
circumstance in Afrikaans is omstandigheid
circumstance in Dutch is omstandigheid
circumstance in French is circonstance
circumstance in Italian is circostanza
circumstance in Norwegian is omstendighet
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