Circumstances - Definition
circumstances
n 1: 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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate,
luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
2: a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found
himself in straitened circumstances"