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Thesaurus > Abstract relations > Existence > Modal existence

8. (Relative) circumstance

Nouns

• circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status.
• occasion, juncture, conjunctive; contingency etc. (event) S151.
• predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point.
• bearings, how the land lies.
• surroundings, context, environment S229a [TE S232]; location S184.
• contingency, dependence (uncertainty) S475; causation S153, attribution S155.

Adjectives

• circumstantial; given, conditional, provisional; critical; modal; contingent, incidental; adventitious etc. (extrinsic) S6; limitative [obs3].

Adverbs

• in the circumstances, under the circumstances etc. n., the circumstances, conditions etc. S7; thus, in such wise.
• accordingly; that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances; that being so, sith [obs3], since, seeing that.
• as matters stand; as things go, as times go.
• conditionally, provided, if, in case; if so, if so be, if it be so; depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions; if it so happen, if it so turn out; in the event of; in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event; provisionally, unless, without.
• according to circumstances, according to the occasion; as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be; as the case may be, as the wind blows; pro re nata [Lat].

Phrases

• "yet are my sins not those of circumstance" [Lytton].