0 a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is:
Obviously we can't deal with the problem until we know all the circumstances.
She died in suspicious circumstances.
We oppose capital punishment in/under any circumstances.
Under no circumstances should you (= you should not) approach the man.
The meeting has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
They were victims of circumstance.
By now she was alone and living in reduced circumstances (= with little money).
1 an event or condition connected with what is happening or has happened:
An unfortunate conjunction of circumstances led to his downfall.
I'd planned a romantic evening together, but circumstances conspired against it - friends arrived unexpectedly and then Dave was called out to an emergency.
His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
Pension funds can also require variations in contributions from employees in some circumstances.
The analysis makes the binarity effect an example of a contextually weight-sensitive language, in which closed syllables are bimoraic only under certain morphological circumstances.
A measurement at a given point was skipped iff one of the following four circumstances was found.
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