Translate circumstance | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of circumstance
noun
1 (usually
circumstances)
a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action:we wanted to marry but circumstances didn’t permit an event or fact that causes or helps to cause something to happen, typically something undesirable:he was found dead but there were no suspicious circumstances [mass noun]:they were thrown together by circumstance
2 (
circumstances)
one’s state of financial or material welfare:the artists are living in reduced circumstances
3 archaic ceremony and public display:pomp and circumstance
