situation

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. synonym: state.
• noun A critical, problematic, or striking set of circumstances.
• noun The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• noun Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• noun A position of employment; a post.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Local position; location.
• noun The place which a person or thing occupies.
• noun Position with reference to circumstances; set of relations; condition; state.
• noun A group of circumstances; a posture of affairs; specifically, in theatrical art, a crisis or critical point in the action of a play.
• noun A post of employment; a subordinate office; a place in which one works for salary or wages.
• noun Settlement; occupation
• noun Synonyms and Site, station, post.
• noun Case, plight; situation is relation to external objects; state and condition refer to what a person or thing is inwardly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site.
• noun Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
• noun Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
• noun Permanent position or employment; place; office.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• noun The place in which something is situated; a location.
• noun Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• noun The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
• noun UK A position of employment; a post.
• noun A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a condition or position in which you find yourself
• noun the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
• noun a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
• noun a job in an organization
• noun physical position in relation to the surroundings