Definition of Situation

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Situation

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

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Situation Quotations

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Michael Jordan

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Bill Cosby

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Norman Vincent Peale

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
Pablo Picasso

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
W. C. Fields

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
Sun Tzu

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
Colin Powell

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
George Orwell

Situation Translations

situation in Afrikaans is situasie, toestand
situation in Danish is tilstand
situation in Dutch is situatie, stand van zaken
situation in Finnish is tilanne
situation in French is situation, standing
situation in German is Situation, Lage, Lage, Situation
situation in Italian is situazione, posizione, circostanza
situation in Latin is locus

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