situation
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
the present international situation is dangerous
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
a condition or position in which you find yourself
the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
the dangerous situation developed suddenly
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
physical position in relation to the surroundings
the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury
Types & categories
- occupation
- academicianship
- accountantship
- admiralty
- ambassadorship
- apostleship
- apprenticeship
- associateship
- attorneyship
- bailiffship
- baronetage
- bishopry
- cadetship
- caliphate
- captainship
- cardinalship
- chairmanship
- chancellorship
- chaplaincy
- chieftaincy
- clerkship
- commandership
- comptrollership
- consulship
- controllership
- councillorship
- counselorship
- curacy
- curatorship
- custodianship
- deanship
- directorship
- discipleship
- editorship
- eldership
- emirate
- fatherhood
- fatherhood
- foremanship
- generalcy
- governorship
- headship
- headship
- hot seat
- incumbency
- inspectorship
- instructorship
- internship
- judgeship
- khanate
- lectureship
- legation
- legislatorship
- librarianship
- lieutenancy
- magistracy
- managership
- manhood
- marshalship
- mastership
- mayoralty
- messiahship
- moderatorship
- overlordship
- pastorship
- peasanthood
- plum
- praetorship
- precentorship
- preceptorship
- prefecture
- prelacy
- premiership
- presidentship
- primateship
- principalship
- priorship
- proconsulship
- proctorship
- professorship
- protectorship
- public office
- rabbinate
- receivership
- rectorship
- regency
- residency
- rulership
- sainthood
- secretaryship
- feudal lordship
- senatorship
- sinecure
- solicitorship
- speakership
- stewardship
- studentship
- teachership
- thaneship
- throne
- treasurership
- tribuneship
- trusteeship
- vice-presidency
- viceroyship
- viziership
- wardenship
- wardership
- womanhood
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absurd |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acceptance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballgame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | childlessness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disequilibrium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | element |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | environment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equilibrium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exclusion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishbowl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hotbed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclusion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intestacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | picture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prison house |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rejection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | size of it |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | square one |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | status quo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoes |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | poverty trap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | soup |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stymie |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conflict of interest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crisis |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crunch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hornet's nest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot potato |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | how-do-you-do |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | imbroglio |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mexican standoff |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nightmare |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | no-win situation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straits |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purgatory |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | swamp |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | time bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinderbox |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | urgency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | impasse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quicksand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | situate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | active site |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | close quarters |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | locus |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | locus of infection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | restriction site |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | antigenic determinant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | station |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | officiate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | site |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | post |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | place |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | occupation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | academicianship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | accountantship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | admiralty |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ambassadorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostleship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | apprenticeship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | associateship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | attorneyship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bailiffship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | baronetage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bishopry |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cadetship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | caliphate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | captainship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardinalship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chairmanship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chancellorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaplaincy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chieftaincy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | clerkship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | commandership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | comptrollership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | consulship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | controllership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | councillorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | counselorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | curacy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | curatorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | custodianship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | deanship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | directorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | discipleship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | editorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | eldership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | emirate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatherhood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatherhood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | foremanship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | generalcy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | governorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | headship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | headship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot seat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | incumbency |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inspectorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | instructorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | internship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | judgeship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | khanate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lectureship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | legation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | legislatorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | librarianship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lieutenancy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | magistracy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | managership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | manhood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | marshalship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mastership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mayoralty |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | messiahship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | moderatorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | overlordship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | peasanthood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | praetorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | precentorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | preceptorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prefecture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prelacy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | premiership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | presidentship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | primateship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | principalship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | priorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | proconsulship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | proctorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | professorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | protectorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | public office |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rabbinate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | receivership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rectorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | regency |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | residency |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rulership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sainthood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretaryship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | feudal lordship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | senatorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinecure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | solicitorship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | speakership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stewardship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | studentship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | teachership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | thaneship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | throne |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | treasurership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tribuneship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | trusteeship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice-presidency |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | viceroyship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | viziership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wardenship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wardership |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | womanhood |