What does situazione in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word situazione in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use situazione in Italian.

The word situazione in Italian means situation, state, situation, context, keeping abreast of the situation, be equipped to handle a situation, take stock of the situation, assess the situation, the seriousness of the situation, the gravity of the situation, take the lead on an issue, play an active role in, outline of the situation, picture of the situation, overview of the situation, turn the situation around, reverse the situation, accounting situation. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word situazione

situation, state

sostantivo femminile (stato, circostanza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cerca di non cacciarti in situazioni ostili!
Try not to put yourself in hostile situations!

situation

sostantivo femminile (contesto sociale) (social)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La situazione in Iran non è delle migliori.
Iran's situation right now is not the best.

context

sostantivo femminile (linguistica, contesto) (linguistics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per avere un quadro complessivo, è bene specificare la situazione dei parlanti in quel giorno specifico.
To have an overall picture, it would be good to specify the context of the speakers on that specific day.

keeping abreast of the situation

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

be equipped to handle a situation

take stock of the situation, assess the situation

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (chiarire, definire)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Oggi pomeriggio ci sarà una riunione interna per fare il punto della situazione riguardo al progetto in corso.
This afternoon there will be an internal meeting to take stock of the situation concerning the current project.

the seriousness of the situation, the gravity of the situation

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

take the lead on an issue, play an active role in

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

outline of the situation, picture of the situation, overview of the situation

(issue)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Delineami il quadro della situazione in pochi punti.
Give me an overview of the situation in just a few sentences.

turn the situation around, reverse the situation

(idiom, situation)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

accounting situation

sostantivo femminile

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