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/ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/ · noun
Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event..
The report should focus on to the current circumstances of the organisation, to help us find a way to grow in the future.
She went missing in somewhat spooky circumstances.
A victim of circumstance.
She performed well under/in/given the circumstances.
The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.
The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]
I have ſeen Two or Three antique Buſts of Alexander in the ſame Air and Poſture, and am apt to think the Sculptor had in his Thoughts the Conqueror's weeping for new Worlds, or ſome other the like Circumſtance of his History.
Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.
Use circumstance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Circumstance means Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event..
Common synonyms include circumstance, position, posture, condition.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The report should focus on to the current circumstances of the organisation, to help us find a way to grow in the future.
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