state of affairs

state of affairs
noun
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (Freq. 1)
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the present international situation is dangerous

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wondered how such a state of affairs had come about

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"eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

• Syn: ↑situation
• Hypernyms: ↑state
• Hyponyms:

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state of affairs or state of events noun
A situation, set of circumstances
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Main Entry: ↑state

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state of affairs UK US noun [singular]
the situation that a person, place, or process is in at a particular time

It is likely that this is the normal state of affairs.

Thesaurus: general words for situations and circumstancessynonym difficult situations and experiencessynonym

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state of affairs (or things)
a situation or set of circumstances

the survey revealed a sorry state of affairs in schools


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