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situation
1490, "place, position, or location," from M.L.
situationem
(nom.
situatio
), from L.L.
situatus
, pp. of
situare
(see
situate
). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1750; meaning "employment post" is from 1803.
Situation ethics
first attested 1955.
