Definitions for circumstances
Overview of noun circumstances
The noun circumstances has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
(your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "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")
2. circumstances
(a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances")
Overview of noun circumstance
The noun circumstance has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (39) circumstance
(a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)
2. (8) context, circumstance, setting
(the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context")
3. (3) circumstance, condition, consideration
(information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take")
4. circumstance
(formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance")
