current circumstance

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandcircumstance

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/
us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/
us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrent circumstance

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Comparable patterns are likely in other such cities, the mix and statistical rating of languages varying according to history, geography, andcurrentcircumstance.
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In this regard one experiences what one would expect to happen in theircurrentcircumstance.
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Sometimes the location or time varies due tocurrentcircumstance.
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In real life, optimal patterns of codification should be determined on the basis of a richer contextual analysis, in light of current circumstances.
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Our understanding of the causal forces that bear upon our current circumstances is bound to be limited and often contested.
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It is not obvious that virtue ethics entails all things considered reasons to live balanced lives given our current circumstances.
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Individuals vary considerably in their beliefs, values, attitudes, preferences, temperaments, intelligence(s), personality characteristics, experiential histories, current circumstances, and anticipated futures.
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In this way they supported and focused attention on current circumstances.
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Each requires negotiation of its territory, adaptation to current circumstances, compromises with unexpected change, and sudden divergence from original intention if necessary.
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Most of these women wished to continue the pregnancy but realized that it would create intolerable problems under their current circumstances.
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However, this in itself, in the current circumstances, has immense political significance.
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This problem assumes, of course, that virtue ethics recommends developing balance in our current circumstances.
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It will depend on whether we consider only a given community or the entire world, and whether we assume current circumstances or more inclusive conditions.
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The impact of current circumstances depends on the pattern of behavioral and emotional organization the child brings forward to that phase of development.
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Conceptual distance is minimized if the speaker refers to her own current circumstances and current decision-making (12b).
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The clinician would probably begin by collecting certain common information about the child, parents, history, and current circumstances with respect to every child.
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The demographic behaviour of any individual at any one time is conditioned by age, period (current circumstances) and the accumulated experience of the individual.
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However, the base rate is just one piece of information needed to make probability estimates sensitive to current circumstances.
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