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# situation

«situation» in Mova's school dictionary: **everything that is happening at a certain time and place…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a situation, situations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A situation is everything that is happening at a certain time and place, and how things are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#m1)

2) A situation can be a problem or a difficult moment you need to deal with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#m2)

3) The situation of a building or town is where it is placed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#m3)

4) A situation can also mean a job or post, especially as a servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, children learn what to do in an emergency situation or a dangerous situation. In maths, word problems describe a situation that you turn into numbers. In stories, characters get into a tricky situation and must find a way out. Phrases: «in this situation», «a tricky situation», «the situation is under control».

### examples

- In an emergency situation, call for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x1)
- What would you do in this situation? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x2)
- The weather made the situation worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x3)
- Lost in the woods, they were in a scary situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x4)
- Read the situation in the word problem, then write a number sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x5)
- The teacher calmed the situation down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x6)
- The situation at home is better now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x7)
- Role-play helps us practise difficult situations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x8)
- And the Prince got the situation of Imperial Swineherd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/#x9)

### note

Countable noun: «a situation, situations». Stress: sit-yoo-AY-shun. It is a general word for «what is happening», so it does not mean only bad things. In maths, read the situation carefully to decide whether to add, subtract, multiply or divide.

### In the corpora

- [Reality TV is real people in made-up situations, filmed for weeks and cut down into dramatic episodes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/0/)
- [Knowing why something is dangerous helps you avoid it even in a new situation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/1/)
- [Knowing someone in a similar situation helps a child feel less alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/43/)
- [A register is the style of language you choose for a situation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/8/)
- [«Tensions» means a situation is tight and worried, like a rubber band pulled hard but not snapped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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