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situation /sɪtjʊˡeɪʃn/ noun situazione f;
(location) posizione f;
(job) posto m;
‘~s vacant’ ‘offerte di lavoro’

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English:

awkward - awkwardness - catch-22 situation - come - comfortable - compromising - defuse - dire - ease - endemic - entanglement - exacerbate - flare - free-for-all - hand - incongruity - live - nasty - reassess - reassessment - review - right - scream - seriousness - sitcom - situation report - straighten - tricky - turn - twilight zone - uncomfortable - vexatious - worsening

Italian:

congiuntura - impaccio - quadro - sanatoria - sdrammatizzare - situazione

situation: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
situation	n	(circumstances, context)	situazione nf
Can you tell me the situation? How many people were there?
Mi puoi spiegare la situazione? Quante persone c'erano?
situation	n	(crisis) contesto sociale	situazione nf
The situation in Middle East has the whole world worried.
La situazione nel Medio Oriente preoccupa tutto il mondo.
Additional Translations
situation	n	(location)	posizione nf
			ubicazione nf
Our new house is in a beautiful situation, surrounded by trees.
La nostra nuova casa è in una bella posizione, circondata dagli alberi.
situation	n	(job) lavoro	collocazione nf
			impiego nm
			occupazione nf
I am looking for a new situation. Do you know of anything?
Sto cercando una nuova collocazione. Sai di qualche offerta?
situation	n	(tense moment in a drama) stato conflittuale, critico	momento critico nm
There was a situation in the conference room when the two got into a fight.
Nella sala conferenze c'è stato un momento critico in cui i due si sono azzuffati.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
critical situation			criticità nf
ease the situation	vi	(make things less difficult)	facilitare le cose, semplificare la situazione vtr
Spesso il buonsenso e la collaborazione fra colleghi possono facilitare le cose.
embarrassing situation	n	(situation that is socially awkward)	situazione imbarazzante nf
Ho vissuto una situazione imbarazzante.
existing situation			situazione esistente
pertaining to the economic situation		econ.	congiunturale adj
situation comedy		teatro	commedia
situation comedy		TV	commedia, telefilm comico
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'situation' in the title:
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A Catch-22 situation
an answer to a fad, fashion, or competitive situation
Any situation
Are you good at talking yourself out of a sticky situation?
attempts to fix the situation
Chicken-and-egg situation
discourse situation
Events that lead up to the central situation
Financial vs Economic situation
Give me an example of a situation where you spotted a new opportunity.
Given situation
Got involved in a bad situation
handle a simple wildlife situation
he found himself in a difficult situation
He got himself involved in a situation that he would prefer not to have
Here's the situation we xyz types face
I can't imagine how difficult the situation with your father is
I went out tonight and I couldn't get the situation off out of my mind
I would never do anything to compromise the situation.
I'm aggrevated with our situation
I'm really not coping well with this situation
if this awful situation were to arise again
in a situation where you/where I
Infant strange situation behavior
It depends on the situation
it was indicating uncertainty about the situation
lose-lose situation
Love is confronting your fears and being in a situation that is uncomfortable
museum - financial situation
no-win situation
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