Definizione monolingua

circumstance

circumstance (third-person singular simple present circumstances, present participle circumstancing, simple past and past participle circumstanced)

1. To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Chapter 8:

     Tidings had in some shape reached is ears that his father was not comfortably circumstanced as regarded money.

   • 1949, Diderot studies, volume 11, page 170:?

     While also taxing Ferrein with the same motives, Diderots account of his doings is much more circumstanced than La Mettries, and also much more amusing, thanks to the interpolation of the «bijoux» motif.

circumstance (plural circumstances)

1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:

     Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.

3. Circumlocution; detail.
4. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

Definizione dizionario circumstance

	circostanza
	That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
	A condition that influences some event or activity.

	circonlocuzione
	circumlocution; detail

	dettaglio
	event; fact; particular incident

condizione

Altri significati:

condition in regard to worldly estate

An event; a fact; a particular incident.

Circumlocution; detail.

Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.