noun
- A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity.
- synonyms: circumstance
- The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
- usage: "the historical context"
- synonyms: context, circumstance, setting
- Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision.
- usage: "another consideration is the time it would take"
- synonyms: circumstance, condition, consideration
- Formal ceremony about important occasions.
- usage: "pomp and circumstance"
- synonyms: circumstance
- Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. )
- usage: "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
- A person's financial situation (good or bad. )
- usage: "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
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