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1. A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
    
2. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
   "the historical circumstance"
   - context, setting
    
3. Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
   "another circumstance is the time it would take"
   - condition, consideration
    
4. Formal ceremony about important occasions
   "pomp and circumstance"

Derived forms: circumstances

See also: circumstantial

Type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, condition, environment, information, observance, status

Encyclopedia: Circumstance