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# circumstances

«circumstances» in Mova's school dictionary: **The facts or conditions that affect a situation or an event** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural of «circumstance»: a circumstance, circumstances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The facts or conditions that affect a situation or an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#m1)

2) The money and living conditions a person has (in difficult circumstances). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#m2)

3) «Under no circumstances»: never, not at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#m3)

4) «Under/In the circumstances»: because of what has happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in safety rules (under no circumstances touch the wire), stories and news (the circumstances of the accident). Formal. Phrases: «under no circumstances», «in the circumstances», «due to circumstances beyond our control», «in these circumstances».

### examples

- Under no circumstances should you open the door to a stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x1)
- Due to circumstances beyond our control, the trip is cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x2)
- In the circumstances, you did very well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x3)
- The police are looking into the circumstances of the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x4)
- The family lives in difficult circumstances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x5)
- In some circumstances, you may need to call 999. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x6)
- The same measures will not suit all circumstances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/#x7)

### note

Usually plural. «Under» and «in» both work: «under/in the circumstances». «Under no circumstances» = never; it is followed by question order: «Under no circumstances should you…». Adjective «circumstantial» (circumstantial evidence = indirect clues).

### In the corpora

- ["In reduced circumstances" (old-fashioned UK) means poorer than before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/6/)
- ["In straitened circumstances" (old-fashioned) means poor and short of money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «circumstances» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumstances/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.