circumstances

Other forms of circumstances

plural

circumstanceses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about circumstances

What does circumstances mean?

circumstances means "your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in circumstances?

circumstances has 4 syllables: cir-cum-stan-ces. The stress falls on "cir". In IPA it is /ˈsɝkəmˌstænsəz/.

What is another word for circumstances?

Close synonyms include fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is circumstances a common word?

circumstances is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.