Definition of Circumstance

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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 what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
James A. Baldwin

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

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

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

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
David Hume

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Bruce Barton

In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage

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

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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