Collocations for "situation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "situation" in context.
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situation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [family, social, hostage, security] situation
- a [critical, delicate, desperate, unique, tricky, difficult] situation
- an [emergency, international] situation
- the [current, present, previous, financial] situation
- the situation is [grave, severe, serious, alarming]
- the situation was [under, beyond] control
- the situation [appears, seems] to be (under control)
- [what to do, how to act] in an emergency situation
- what would you [do, suggest] in that situation?
- what would you do in her situation?
- find yourself in a situation [where, that]
- a situation [that, which] requires [attention, solving]
- [assess, evaluate, analyze, study] the situation
- [deal with, manage, control] the situation
- she [was aware, took stock] of the situation
- the [city, town, resort] is in a beautiful situation
- in [that, this, such a] situation
- in a situation like [this, this one, that]
- a situation comedy
'situation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abreast
- acceptance
- account
- accurately
- advantage
- affair
- altogether
- analysis
- anger
- angle
- appalling
- appraisal
- aspect
- assess
- assessment
- aware
- awareness
- awkward
- back
- bent
- bitch
- black
- bleak
- blunt
- boiling
- bright
- bully
- calm
- challenging
- changing
- charge
- charity
- clarify
- clarity
- comedy
- comfortable
- command
- complicated
- considering
- contemplate
- context
- control
- core
- critical
- decade
- degree
- delicate
- depend
- depth
- desperate