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How to sign: 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 fre;
Similiar / Same: state of affairs
Categories: state
Within this category: acceptance, ballgame, challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element, environment, equilibrium, exclusion, goldfish bowl, hotbed, inclusion, picture, prison, rejection, size, square one, status quo, thing
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: position
Within this category: place, poverty trap, soup, stymie
How to sign: a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury";
Similiar / Same: berth, post, billet, position, office, spot, place
Categories: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Within this category: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, attorneyship, bailiffship, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captainship, cardinalship, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chieftaincy, clerkship, commandership, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, eldership, emirate, fatherhood, fatherhood, foremanship, generalship, governorship, headship, headship, hot seat, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, judgship, khanate, lectureship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorship, peasanthood, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, premiership, presidency, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, public office, receivership, regency, residency, rulership, sainthood, secretaryship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, womanhood
