situation

noun

1. 1

   a job in an organization

   he occupied a post in the treasury

2. 2

   physical position in relation to the surroundings

   the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides

3. 3

   a condition or position in which you find yourself

   the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils

   found herself in a very fortunate situation

4. 4

   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

5. 5

   a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

   the dangerous situation developed suddenly

   that's quite a situation