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Results for: "situation"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

situation — position vis-à-vis surroundings
→ situasjon m
→ beliggenhet
situation — combination of circumstances at a given moment
→ situasjon m
situation — one's status with regard to circumstances
→ situasjon

More translations:

situation
→ situasjon, stilling
situation
→ beliggenhet
situation
→ stilling, jobb

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 5

  1. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

    • “the present international situation is dangerous”
    • “wondered how such a state of affairs had come about”
    • “eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt”
    Synonymsstate of affairs
  2. a condition or position in which you find yourself

    • “the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils”
    • “found herself in a very fortunate situation”
    Synonymsposition
  3. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

    • “the dangerous situation developed suddenly”
    • “that's quite a situation”
    • “no human situation is simple”
Show 2 more meanings
  1. physical position in relation to the surroundings

    • “the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides”
    Synonymssite
  2. a job in an organization

    • “he occupied a post in the treasury”