circumstances
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
whatever my fortune may be
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- good luck hyponym
- providence hyponym
- bad luck hyponym
- failure hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a person's financial situation (good or bad)
he found himself in straitened circumstances
Types & categories
- possession hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | good luck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | providence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bad luck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | failure |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | possession |