Noun

(en noun)

The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.

* 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :

...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.

The place in which something is situated; a location.

* 1833 , Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory , page 142:

[Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.

Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.

The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.

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(UK, dated) A position of employment; a post.

* 1913 , , (Sons and Lovers) , Penguin 2006, page 78:

When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.

* 1946 , Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, :

You take a morning paper from the top of the stack

And read the situations from the front to the back

The only job that's open need a man with a knack

So put it right back in the rack Jack.

A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

Boss, we've got a situation here...

Noun

(en noun)

Something to be sat upon.

# A place in which to sit.

#*

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# The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

# A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

# The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

# The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

# (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

A location or site.

# (figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

# The location of a governing body.

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# (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

# The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated or resides; a site.

#* Bible, (w) ii. 13

Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison.

#* (1800-1859)

a seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity

The starting point of a fire.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

* (George Eliot) (1819-1880)

She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.