n. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

n. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

n. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"

n. a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

n. an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

n. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

n. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

n. anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"

n. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

n. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

n. something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"

n. a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

n. the actual state of things; "that was not the case"

n. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

n. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

n. a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

n. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

n. condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

n. a disturbance of the peace or of public order

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

n. a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"