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circumstance

n.

An attendant condition
situation, condition, contingency, phase, factor, detail, item, fact, case, place, time, cause, state, status, element, particular, feature, point, incident, proviso, article, stipulation, concern, matter, thing, event, adjunct, occurrence, juncture, exigency, intervention, supervention, fortuity, coincidence, concurrent event, chance, happenstance*; see also state 2.
An occurrence
event, episode, happening, incident; see event 1. See syn. study at occurrence.

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Another word for circumstance

noun

Existing surroundings that affect an activity.
Often used in plural: condition (used in plural), environment. (Slang) scene. See be
One of the conditions or facts attending an event and having some bearing on it:
detail, fact, factor, particular. See real
Something that happens:
event, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen
Something significant that happens:
development, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen