circumstance: significat i definicions

A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor: set out a day early because of favorable circumstances.

The sum of determining factors beyond willful control: a victim of circumstance.

Financial status or means:"Prior came of a good family, much reduced in circumstances"(George Sherburn).

Formal display; ceremony: the pomp and circumstance of a coronation.

A particular incident or occurrence: Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance.