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cir·cum·stance C0367100 (sûr′kəm-stăns′)n.1. A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor: set out a day early because of favorable circumstances.2. The sum of determining factors beyond willful control: a victim of circumstance.3. circumstances Financial status or means: "Prior came of a good family, much reduced in circumstances" (George Sherburn).4. Formal display; ceremony: the pomp and circumstance of a coronation.5. A particular incident or occurrence: Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance.tr.v. cir·cum·stanced, cir·cum·stanc·ing, cir·cum·stanc·es To place in particular circumstances or conditions; situate.Idioms: under no circumstances In no case; never. under/in the circumstances Given these conditions; such being the case. [Middle English, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstāns, circumstant-, present participle of circumstāre, to stand around : circum-, circum- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]cir•cum•stanced (ˈsɜr kəmˌstænst; esp. Brit. -stənst) adj. being in a condition, or state, esp. with respect to income and material welfare: They were well circumstanced. [1595–1605] IdiomsSeecircumstance |