circumstances
- 1Plural of circumstance.
The detective weighed all the circumstances before drawing any conclusion.
Under the current economic circumstances, the company froze all hiring.
Note
In the plural, the conditions are usually taken together as one setting, as in under the circumstances. The plural also carries the sense of worldly estate, so someone's circumstances can mean their means and property. The same spelling serves the verb circumstance, to place someone in a particular situation, especially with regard to money: fortune circumstances some people better than others.
circumstances is a form of circumstance
circumstance, noun: A fact, event, or condition that is connected with or affects a situation or event, often in the plural. Full entry
- Forms
- circumstancecircumstances plural
- Spelling
- circumstance → circumstances: add -s
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