State Of Affairs

Definition: State Of Affairs

State Of Affairs

Noun

1. 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.

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Synonym: State Of Affairs

Eventuality

The world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents; (chance); situation; (circumstances).

Crosswords: State Of Affairs

Such a sordid state of affairs. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

It's a state of affairs and a state of emotions (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

There was no occasion to make much moan about this state of affairs.

These words recalled Fauchelevent completely to the real state of affairs, which were urgent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Lack of a simple definition, failure to delineate precisely the problem being assessed, and the absence of guidelines and parameters to determine assessment and treatment outcome and long-term results, have contributed to this state of affairs by producing misunderstanding, confusion, and ongoing concern. (references)

Business

This state of affairs is expected to change with the increased growth in internet users. (references)

Many insiders blame the State's lack of vision and anemic financial support for the current state of affairs. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

The following describes the present state of affairs. (references)

Zimbabwe

After realizing the negative consequences the invasions were causing domestically and internationally, the government halted the invasions, a state of affairs we hope to see maintained. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

Due to censorship and infrequent access, observers could not determine the state of affairs in the north and the east. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "state of affairs": anxious state of affairs ♦ bad state of affairs ♦ permanent state of affairs ♦ terrible state of affairs. Additional references.

Albanian

punët e shtetit. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ظروف (circumstances). (various references)

Bulgarian 

положение на нещата (circumstances, conjuncture, constellation, layout, picture). (various references)

Chinese 

狀態 (mode, state), 情況 (circumstances, situation). (various references)

Czech

situace (ball game, conditions, setup, situation). (various references)

Dutch

toestand ontstaan onder de werking van andere rechtsbetrekkingen (state of affairs reached on the basis of legal relations). (various references)

Finnish

asiaintila (if such be the case, state of things). (various references)

French

circonstances. (various references)

German

sachlage (circumstances, situation), zustand (circumstances, condition, habit, order, situation, state, status, trim, way), wirtschaft (bother, business world, economics, economy, hostel, industry and commerce, inn, pub, public house, saloon, tavern, trouble). (various references)

Greek 

η κατάσταση που επικρατεί (the current state of affairs). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצב �"ע� י� ים. (various references)

Hungarian

tényállás (bearing of a case, brief, matter of fact, statement of facts, the bearings of a case). (various references)

Italian

stato di cose prodottosi allorchè vigevano rapporti giuridici (state of affairs reached on the basis of legal relations). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

風雲 (elements, situation, winds and clouds), 状況 (circumstances, situation), 状勢 (circumstances, situation), 為�" (predicament), 情況 (circumstances, situation), 向背 (one's attitude). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふうう�" (elements, situation, winds and clouds), かざぐも (elements, situation, winds and clouds), �"うはい (crossbreeding, cross-fertilization, destiny, good dividend, good offices, good spouse, halo, junior, married couple, mating, one's attitude, rise and fall, ruin, spouse, your trouble), じょうきょう (circumstances, proceeding to the capital, situation), じょうせい (ancient times, antiquity, breed, brew, circumstances, condition, foment, luxury binding, situation, state of things, superior make), ていたらく (predicament). (various references)

Pig Latin

atestay ofay affairsay

Romanian

situaţie îngrijorãtoare (anxious state of affairs). (various references)

Russian 

положение дел (juncture, lie of the land). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stanje stvari (conjuncture, juncture). (various references)

Spanish

situación (dwelling, emergency, find, locality, location, pass, picture, plight, position, posture, setup, site, situation, station). (various references)

Swedish

förhållande (behavior, behaviour, circumstances, conditions, conduct, connection, connexion, footing, liaison, love affair, proportion, ratio, relation, relations, relationship). (various references)

Turkish

vaziyet (ball game, factual situation, pass, posture, set, set up, stance), koşullar (circs, circumstances, conditions, terms), işlerin durumu, gidişat (complexion, course, drift, going, goings on, set, trend, way), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, status, trim, way), şartlar (circs, circumstances, climate, conditions, conjuncture, context, situation, terms). (various references)

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