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   circumstance

   /ˈsəːkəmst(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action: "we wanted to marry but circumstances didn't permit"
   • ▪ an event or fact that causes or helps to cause something to happen, typically something undesirable: "he was found dead but there were no suspicious circumstances"
   • 2. one's state of financial or material welfare: "the artists are living in reduced circumstances"
   • 3. ceremony and public display: archaic "pomp and circumstance"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French circonstance or Latin circumstantia, from circumstare ‘encircle, encompass’, from circum ‘around’ + stare ‘stand’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. circumstanced adjective

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