Meanings
adjectivesituational (comparative more situational, superlative most situational)
comparative more situational · superlative most situational
- Of or pertaining to a particular situation or situations in general.
Origin
- Englishsituation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishsituational
Translations
Arabic ظَرْفِيّ
- ظَرْفِيّ (ẓarfiyy)of or pertaining to a particular situation
Esperanto situacia
- situaciaof or pertaining to a particular situation
Finnish tilanne-, tilanteellinen
- tilanne-of or pertaining to a particular situation
- tilanteellinenof or pertaining to a particular situation
French situationnel
- situationnelof or pertaining to a particular situation
Hebrew מצבי, נסיבתי
- מצביof or pertaining to a particular situation
- נסיבתיof or pertaining to a particular situation
Indonesian situasional
- situasionalof or pertaining to a particular situation
Persian جایگاهی, وضعیتی
- جایگاهی (jâygâhi)of or pertaining to a particular situation
- وضعیتی (vaz'iyati)of or pertaining to a particular situation
- منزلتی (manzelati)of or pertaining to a particular situation
Polish sytuacyjny
- sytuacyjnyof or pertaining to a particular situation
Russian ситуацио́нный
- ситуацио́нный (situaciónnyj)of or pertaining to a particular situation
Swedish situationell, situationsanpassad
- situationellof or pertaining to a particular situation
- situationsanpassadof or pertaining to a particular situation
- situationsbundenof or pertaining to a particular situation
Cite this entry
APA
situational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situational
MLA
“situational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situational. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “situational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situational.
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