SITUATION  情勢勢

RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
CIRCUMSTANCES(STATE OF) AFFAIRSSTATECONDITION
Antonym
  • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
    Hypernym
    • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
    Hyponym
    • CAUSE　SITUATION OR THING which CAUSES something TO HAPPEN OR to be TRUE.
      • BECAUSE　SENTENCE-CONNECTIVE to the effect that S1 is the CAUSE:reason for S2 being TRUE. [GRAMMAR]
      • PRETEXT　PRETENDED AND NOT REAL CAUSE for ACTING.
      • KARMA　CAUSE which HAS EFFECTS IN FUTURE GENERATIONS.
    • CHAOS　SITUATION NOT APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLED OR LACKING APPROPRIATE ORDERLY:order.
      • DISTURB　CAUSE TO BECOME in CHAOS.
    • DANGER　SITUATION BELIEVED to CONTAIN POSSIBLE SOON:imminent DAMAGE to one.
      • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
        • BARREN　LACKING GROWTH of LIVING PLANTS.
        • BLIND　LACK the ABILITY to SEE.
        • DEAF　LACK the ABILITY to HEAR.
        • DRY　LACK WATER INSIDE OR ON the SURFACE.
        • EMPTY　LACK ALL POSSIBLE THINGS INSIDE.
        • LOSE　to BEGIN to LACK something, NOT VOLUNTARILY.
        • NAKED　LACK GARMENTS on one's BODY.
        • NEED　LACK AND be DISTRESSED BECAUSE of that....
        • POOR　LACK SUFFICIENT PROPERTY FOR a GOOD LIFE.
        • ROTTEN　LACKING FRESHNESS.
        • SILENCE　LACK SOUND OR SPEECH.
        • SLOW　LACK QUICKNESS.
        • SMALL　LACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN....
        • SOFT　LACK HARDNESS.
        • STUPID　LACK APPROPRIATE INTELLIGENCE....
        • TASTELESS　LACK FLAVOUR.
        • UNIMPORTANT　LACK IMPORTANCE....
        • UNJUST　LACK JUSTICE.
        • UNRESTRAINED　LACK MODERATION AND ACT CONFORMING to one's DESIRES....
        • USELESS　LACK USEFULNESS.
        • WEAK　LACK STRENGTH.
        • DROUGHT　LACK of EXPECTED RAIN.
        • SIMPLE　LACK MUTUALLY DIFFERENT PARTS OR FEATURES.
        • UNTRUE　LACKING TRUTH OR CONTRARY to REALITY.
        • UNABLE　LACK ABILITY to ACT:do something.
        • FULL　LACK EMPTY PLACE INSIDE oneself.
        • VAGUE　LACKING CLEAR DEFINITION.
        • CLEAN　LACK DIRT OR NOT CONTAIN DIRT, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
        • BALD　LACKING HAIR ON one's HEAD.
        • ABSTRACT　LACKING REFER-TO:reference to CONCRETE THINGS.
        • SUPERFICIAL　LACK PROFOUNDNESS.
        • IGNORANT　LACK KNOWLEDGE.
        • UNCOOKED　LACK COOKING.
        • UNEVEN　LACKING FLATNESS.
        • UNEMPLOYMENT　LACK of PAID WORK for an ADULT.
        • UNINHABITED　LACK HUMANS who DWELL in a PLACE.
        • INVOLUNTARY　NATURALLY AND LACKING an INTENTION to ACT as one ACTS.
        • UNCONSCIOUS　LACK AWARENESS.
        • HANDICAPPED　LACKING THE USE OF A LIMB OR AN ORGAN.
        • IMPOTENCE　LACK of ABILITY for COPULATION.
        • ILLITERATE　LACK ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE.
        • ARBITRARY　LACK REASON IN CHOOSING OR DECIDING. 
        • QUIET　LACK SOUND.
        • IRRATIONAL　LACK RATIONALITY
        • NOTHING　WHAT IS LACKING IN THE WORLD.
        • ABSENT　LACK IN A CERTAIN PLACE
        • DESPERATE　LACK HOPE
        • STERILE　LACKING ABILITY TO GIVE-BIRTH-TO CHILDREN.
      • RESULT　SITUATION CAUSED-BY something.
      • WEATHER　SITUATION IN-RELATION-TO TEMPERATURE, RAIN, SUNSHINE ETC. IN a PLACE.
        • THUNDER　The WEATHER SITUATION where there is an INTENSELY LOUD SOUND in the SKY.
        • LIGHTNING　The WEATHER condition constituted by flashes of lightning.
      • PEACE　SITUATION characterised by LACK of WARFARE.[[FRIEDEN]]
        • OPPORTUNITY　SITUATION APPROPRIATE FOR ACHIEVING something.
          • DISGRACE　ACT OR SITUATION which HUMILIATES the HUMAN who is IN it.
            • STATE OF EMERGENCY　SITUATION when the ORDINARY LAWS of a STATE CAN BE OFFENDED against by the GOVERNMENT of that STATE for a DEFINITE TIME.
              • TRAGEDY　SITUATION OR DESCRITPION OF A SITUATION NECESSARILY AND NOT ESCAPABLY NOT HAPPY.
                Old Chinese Criteria
                1. The current general term for a constellation or situation of any kind is shì 勢.

                2. Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation.

                3. Shì 事 focusses on the factual sequence of events that create a shì 勢.

                4. Dì 地 sometimes comes to be used for a stage of a development.

                Modern Chinese Criteria
                情況

                局勢

                形勢

                情形

                情狀

                情事

                狀

                情

                景

                事態

                狀況

                狀態

                景況

                情景

                場面

                動靜

                氣象

                情勢

                景象

                圖景

                形勢

                陣勢

                局勢

                局面

                事機

                事態

                氣候

                風雲

                風色

                風頭 refers to the current changeable situation, "the way the wind blows".

                勢派

                現勢

                現局

                first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH

                • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                  SITUATION

                  conditio refers to the conditions in a place conceived as having been fundamentally affected by acts of the human will.

                  status refers to the state of affairs in a place as an autonomous phenomenon.

                • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.923

                • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 252

                • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 499

                • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.180.141

                  SITUATION.ETAT; CONDITION.ETAT

                Words

                勢  shì OC: hŋljads MC: ɕiɛi 25 AttributionsWD

                The current general term for a dynamic constellation, configuration, or situation of any kind is shì 勢.

                  Syntactic words
                • nab.adVgiven the constellation of power; given the natural propensity of things, given the strategic situationCH
                • nab.post-Nthe strategic constellation of N, the circumstances in NVK
                • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: situation; constellation; configurationA. geometrical: JZ 4.24, Li Chunfeng, quotes a procedure by Zu Geng: 不問高卑，勢皆然也 "irrespective of the relative height, the relevant computing constellation is in all cases like this." 緣冪勢既同，則積不容異　"Since according to the relevant computing constellation of the surface the surface is the same, then their volume does not admit of difference."
                • nabmethodmilitary disposition, favorable for successful condact of military operations
                • nabstativeconstellation of power; propensity of things; natural tendency; strategic constellation or structure
                事  shì OC: dzrɯs MC: ɖʐɨ 8 AttributionsWD

                Shì 事 focusses on the factual sequence of events that create a shì 勢.

                  Word relations
                • Ant: 理/PRINCIPLE Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.
                • Assoc: 實/REALITY The current word referring to reality is shí 實 (ant. xū 虛 "pretended reality"), but the word acquired this meaning rather late (meaning "object" in earlier texts).

                  Syntactic words
                • nabstativesituation, what is really going on
                • nadVunder the circumstances
                • npost-Nthe matter of N; the problem of N [Note that the construction must probably be taken as one of apposition! CH]
                體  tǐ OC: rʰiiʔ MC: thei 7 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabpsych(mental) state
                • nabstative(general) situation, (general) tendency, dà tǐ 大體�
                形  xíng OC: ɡeeŋ MC: ɦeŋ 6 AttributionsWD

                Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation.

                  Syntactic words
                • nabfactualconcrete situation; concrete (military) constellation, strategic constellation; HF 2.8.10: physical constellation, objective situation, manifest situation
                地  dì OC: lils MC: di 4 AttributionsWD

                Dì 地 sometimes comes to be used for a stage of a development.

                  Syntactic words
                • nab.post-Vsituation or position characterised by V;DS
                • nabfactualcondition, state, stage, position
                權  quán MC: gjwen OC: ɡronCH 4 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabcurrent dynamic constellation; the dynamics of the situation, the strategic potential at a given time;CH
                大體  dà tǐ OC: daads rʰiiʔ MC: dɑi thei 3 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabstativeoverall situation; the cosmological whole
                埶  yì MC: ngjiejH OC: --CH 3 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabread shì =勢 constellation, situationCH
                情  qíng OC: dzeŋ MC: dziɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
                • nabmetaphysicalbasic situation, underlying current state of affairs
                狀  zhuàng OC: sɡraŋs MC: ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD

                Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation.

                  Syntactic words
                • n(post-N)the given situationDS
                • nabstativesituation, constellation
                十地  shí dì OC: ɡjub lils MC: dʑip di 2 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: the ten stages of Bodhisattva practice
                情事  qíng shì OC: dzeŋ dzrɯs MC: dziɛŋ ɖʐɨ 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabfactualthe real facts of the situation
                情狀  qíng zhuàng OC: dzeŋ sɡraŋs MC: dziɛŋ ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabstativesituation
                由狀  yóu zhuàng OC: liw sɡraŋs MC: jɨu ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPsituation
                遽  jù MC: gjoH OC: ɡlasCH 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nab=局 sitation, conditionCH
                適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 0 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabfactualcircumstances, external conditions
                事情  shì qíng OC: dzrɯs dzeŋ MC: ɖʐɨ dziɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabfactualtruth of a matter, real situation
                本末  běn mò OC: pɯɯnʔ maad MC: puo̝n mʷɑt 0 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPabmetaphysicalthe whole situation and background
                處  chù OC: qhljas MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nabfeaturecurrent situation, current stage; constellation

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