Overview of noun circumstances

The noun circumstances has 2 senses

• fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion")


• circumstances -- (a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances")

Overview of noun circumstance

The noun circumstance has 4 senses

• circumstance -- (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)


• context, circumstance, setting -- (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context")


• circumstance, condition, consideration -- (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take")


• circumstance -- (formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance")