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In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.
Dario Fo

Meaning of "state of affairs" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STATE OF AFFAIRS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STATE OF AFFAIRS

state education
State Enrolled Nurse
state function
state funeral
state highway patrol
state house
State legislature
State line
state militia
state of emergency
state of mind
state of play
state of siege
state of the art
State of the Union Address
state of war
State police
state prayers

WORDS THAT END LIKE STATE OF AFFAIRS

affairs
airs
backstairs
below stairs
body repairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
cross hairs
current affairs
Department of External Affairs
downstairs
External Affairs
foreign affairs
musical chairs
pairs
public affairs
running repairs
shoe repairs
split hairs
stairs
upstairs

Synonyms and antonyms of state of affairs in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «STATE OF AFFAIRS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «state of affairs» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of state of affairs

Translation of «state of affairs» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STATE OF AFFAIRS

Find out the translation of state of affairs to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of state of affairs from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «state of affairs» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

事态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

situación
570 millions of speakers

English

state of affairs
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मामलों के राज्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوضع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

состояние дел
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estado de coisas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষয়ক রাষ্ট্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

situation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keadaan urusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zustand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

情勢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상황
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negara urusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng của tiểu bang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரசாங்க விவகாரங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घडामोडींची स्थिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilişki durumu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stato delle cose
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stan rzeczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стан справ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stare de fapt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάσταση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stand van sake
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sakernas tillstånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tingenes tilstand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of state of affairs

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STATE OF AFFAIRS»

The term «state of affairs» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STATE OF AFFAIRS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about state of affairs

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10 QUOTES WITH «STATE OF AFFAIRS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word state of affairs.
1
Andre Breton
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.
2
Dorothy Denning
The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.
3
Dario Fo
Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
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Dario Fo
In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.
5
Townsend Harris
Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.
6
James Hillman
The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite.
7
Paul Klee
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.
8
Kathleen Troia McFarland
We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.
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Henri Pirenne
The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs.
10
Andrzej Wajda
The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATE OF AFFAIRS»

Discover the use of state of affairs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to state of affairs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Surrey State of Affairs
Constance Harding’s comfortable corner of the Home Counties is her own little piece of heaven.
Ceri Radford, 2011
2
A World of States of Affairs
Offers a comprehensive system of analytical metaphysics, argued from a distinctive philosophical perspective.
D. M. Armstrong, 1997
3
The State of Affairs: Explorations in Infidelity and Commitment
Kaeren Harrison Dennis Marsden University College Chichester, England An Interesting State of Affairs This book addresses a curious paradox. Affairs are a pivotal theme in liter- ature and soap opera, and a major focus of gossip among the ...
Jean Duncombe, Kaeren Harrison, Graham Allan, 2014
4
Multilateral Environmental Agreements: State of Affairs and ...
This work provides a comprehensive and indispensable tool for the MEA (legal) practitioner.
Philip J. J. Drost, 2008
5
The State of Affairs: Why They Happen & How Love Can Be Restored
Dr. Mulliken's fresh and insightful expertise about why affairs happen offers hope for our society and provides quick, interesting information about one of the most talked about topics in our nation.
Todd Mulliken, 1998
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The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader
And a possible world is a possible state of affairs. Of course not every possible state of affairs is a possible world; Hubert's having run a mile in four minutes is a possible state of affairs but not a possible world. No doubt it is an element of many ...
Alvin Plantinga, James F. Sennett, 1998
7
Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality
It is obvious, I think, that there are such things as states of affairs: for example, Quine's being a distinguished philosopher. Other examples are Quine's being a distinguished politician, 9's being a prime number, and the state of affairs consisting ...
Alvin Plantinga John O'Brien Professor of Philosophy University of Notre Dame, Matthew Davidson Assistant Professor of Philosophy California State University at San Bernardino, 2003
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What is Philosophy?
The event is not the state of affairs. It is actualized in a state of affairs, in a body, in a lived, but it has a shadowy and secret part that is continually subtracted from or added to its actualization: in contrast with the state of affairs, it neither begins ...
Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, 1994
9
State of Affairs
"Sophistication/Communication". (continued) Communication The great outdoors Get out and play Build forts Skip stones Catch lightning bugs Nature reduces stress Create unstructured times Set your mind on things above Sophistication ...
Toya Payne, 2008
10
Recent Work on Intrinsic Value
SOME PHILOSOPHICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS The intrinsic value of a state of affairs is the value that that state of affairs has necessarily. Hence, it is the value that the state of affairs has in every possible world in which it obtains. To assess the ...
Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Michael J. Zimmerman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STATE OF AFFAIRS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term state of affairs is used in the context of the following news items.
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NBC Cancels 'State of Affairs,' 'About a Boy,' 'Marry Me,' 'One Big …
State of Affairs, Constantine, Marry Me, One Big Happy and About a Boy will not live to see another season. NBC has canceled all four freshman series and the ... «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»
2
'State of Affairs' canceled by NBC
NBC has axed State of Affairs, her Monday night D.C. political thriller. Despite having a huge lead-in from The Voice, State only averaged 8 million viewers and a ... «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»
3
Katherine Heigl Bikini Picture Lights Up Instagram, Proves 'State Of
When the actress had to strip down for a steamy love scene on the NBC series State of Affairs, she decided to share a behind-the-scenes photo of herself lying ... «The Inquisitr, Mar 15»
4
“Sorry” State of Affairs For Lion Hoops
Penn State athletic department issues apology for turning away fans from Saturday's home game vs. Purdue, even though thousands of seats in the Jordan ... «FightOnState.com, Jan 15»
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TV Ratings Monday: 'State of Affairs', 'The Bachelor' & 'Castle' Hit …
State of Affairs earned a series low 0.8, down two tenths from last week's series low 1.0 adults 18-49 rating. Broadcast primetime ratings for Monday, January 12, ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jan 15»
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'State of Affairs': The CIA Speaks Out on Its Twitter Affair With the …
It's no secret that the NBC drama State of Affairs, which stars Katherine Heigl as a top flight CIA analyst, hasn't become a breakout hit, but has at least one loyal ... «Yahoo TV, Dec 14»
7
State of Affairs recap: 'Half the Sky'
While I am a big fan of serialization, I can say that I was happy that State of Affairs dialed back on it in tonight's episode. The far from compelling storyline ... «Entertainment Weekly, Dec 14»
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Ratings: Fox's 'Gotham' Solid in Fall Finale, NBC's 'State of Affairs
Next week will be a key one for “State of Affairs,” as its soft week-two numbers can be attributed some to the news coverage and pre-emptions in Baltimore and ... «Variety, Nov 14»
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Hating Katherine Heigl Is A Sexist 'State Of Affairs'
It's fine to skip “State Of Affairs” because it's a lazy broadcast version of “Homeland,” but reports of Katherine Heigl being "ungrateful" aren't good enough reason ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
10
State of Affairs series premiere recap: 'Pilot'
You know the old trope: High-ranking successful person is brilliant at her day-job, but messy and terrible in her personal life. State of Affairs manages to turn that ... «Entertainment Weekly, Nov 14»

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