states of affairs
Current conditions prevailing
States of affairs is the way things are at a given moment—the current situation or circumstances.
The phrase often implies complexity or a need for assessment: We need to understand the state of affairs before making any decisions.
It can signal concern: This is a sorry state of affairs.
The singular state of affairs is more common, but the plural appears when describing multiple situations or contexts.
Conditions affecting an event
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
- settingContext of events
environment · backdrop · framework · milieu · climate · landscape · terrain · dynamics
State of existing fact
- truthAccordance with reality
- factsVerifiable pieces of truth
- existenceState of being real
- factualityAdherence to truth
certainty · veracity · authenticity · genuineness · objectivity · substance · tangibility · concreteness
Condition of body, mind
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- fitnessGood physical shape
- shapeExternal outline of something
- formShape or document
order · repair · equilibrium · stability · functionality · standing · position · disposition
circumstances
Conditions affecting an event
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
setting · environment · backdrop · framework · milieu · climate · landscape · terrain · dynamics · juncture
actuality
State of existing fact
factuality · certainty · veracity · authenticity · genuineness · objectivity · substance · tangibility · concreteness · materiality
health
Condition of body, mind
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- fitnessGood physical shape
- shapeExternal outline of something
form · order · repair · equilibrium · stability · functionality · standing · position · disposition · arrangement
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- Wittgensteinfamily resemblance, duck-rabbit, private language, showing, saying
states of affairsevents
Things that take place
occurrences · happenings · incidents · actions · changes
states of affairscounterfactuals
Propositions contrary to fact
hypotheticals · impossibilities · fictions · illusions · imaginings
state, states, stated, stating, statement, statements, statehood, stateless, statesman