state of affairs
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
- state hypernym
- absurd hyponym
- acceptance hyponym
- ballgame hyponym
- challenge hyponym
- childlessness hyponym
- complication hyponym
- crowding hyponym
- disequilibrium hyponym
- element hyponym
- environment hyponym
- equilibrium hyponym
- exclusion hyponym
- fishbowl hyponym
- hotbed hyponym
- inclusion hyponym
- intestacy hyponym
- picture hyponym
- prison house hyponym
- rejection hyponym
- size of it hyponym
- square one hyponym
- status quo hyponym
- thing hyponym
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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 |