situation in WordNet English dictionary

1. a job in an organization
   "he occupied a post in the treasury"
   position  post  berth  office  spot  billet  place  situation 
   
2. a condition or position in which you find yourself
   "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
   situation  position 
   
3. physical position in relation to the surroundings
   "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
   site  situation 
   
4. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
   "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
   situation  state of affairs 
   
5. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
   "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
   situation