Definition of circumstances

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
• the state (usually personal) with regard to wealth; "each person was helped according to his circumstances"
• a persons financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"