Dictionary entry

Circumstance

Pronunciation: /ˈsəːkəmst(ə)ns/

Pronunciation

/ˈsəːkəmst(ə)ns/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အခြေအနေ။ (တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်၏) ငွေရေးကြေးရေး အခြေအနေ။ အခြေအနေအရ။ ဘယ်တော့မှ။ ဘယ်လိုမှ။ ဘာကြောင့်မှ။

Definition

circumstance /'sɜ:kǝmstǝns, -stɑ:ns, -stæns/ n ၁။ [C usu pl ] အေျခအေန။ What were the circumstances of/surrounding her death? (ie Where, when and how did she die?) ❍ She was found dead in suspicious circumstances (ie She may have been murdered). ❍ He was a victim of circumstance(s) (ie What happened to him was beyond his control). ❍ Force of circumstance caused us (ie Circumstances forced us) to leave London. ၂။ circumstances [pl] ( fml ) (တစ္ဦးတစ္ေယာက္၏) ေငြေရးေၾကးေရး အေျခအေန။ What are his circumstances? ❍ She was widowed and living in reduced/straitened circumstances (ie with very little money). ❏ in/under the circumstances [ IDM ] အေျခအေနအရ။ Under the circumstances (eg Because the salary offered was too low) he felt unable to accept the job. ❍ She coped well in the circumstances (eg even though she was feeling ill). ❏ in/under no circumstances [ IDM ] ဘယ္ေတာ့မွ။ ဘယ္လိုမွ။ ဘာေၾကာင့္မွ။ Under no circumstances should you lend him any money.

Examples

  1. The circumstances surrounding the child’s death are being investigated.
  2. The circumstances of this case are unusual.
  3. [under/in...circumstances] : Cancellation under certain circumstances is covered by your travel insurance policy.
  4. Under different circumstances she might have been able to appreciate the irony of it.
  5. In exceptional circumstances students may take examinations at Head Office.
  6. [not under/in any circumstances] : I would never in any circumstances dream of comparing her with you.
  7. Under no circumstances will we agree to splitting up the company.
  8. [under/considering/given the circumstances] : It’s amazing that they did so well under the circumstances.
  9. It is very important to make a will
  10. whatever your circumstances.
  11. [family circumstances] : Problems caused by unemployment
  12. divorce
  13. or some unusual family circumstances
  14. [a change in circumstances] : You are obliged by law to notify the agency of any change in circumstances.
  15. [a victim of circumstance] : Joanne has been more a victim of circumstance than anything else.