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circumstances in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a person's financial situation (good or bad)
    "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
    circumstances 
  2. 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"
    fortune  destiny  fate  luck  lot  circumstances  portion 
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circumstances in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (plural of/circumstance)
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