Katherine Heigl
Charleston Tucker
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- 1. Pilot Nov 17, 2014
- CIA analyst Charlie Tucker and President Payton consider how to avenge the death of Payton's son.
- 2. Secrets & Lies Nov 24, 2014
- A stranded Russian submarine contains stolen U.S. secrets; Payton selects a new CIA director.
- 3. Half the Sky Dec 1, 2014
- Members of a militant Islamist movement capture 21 Nigerian girls.
If you refer to a particular state of affairs, you mean the general situation and circumstances connected with someone or something.
Meaning of. state of affairs. – Learner’s Dictionary. state of affairs. noun [ no plural ] uk us. Add to word list. a situation: a sad state of affairs.
noun. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time. “wondered how such a state of affairs had come about”. synonyms: situation. see more. a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless. a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation.
The phrase “state of affairs” is a common idiom used in English to describe a particular situation or set of circumstances. Its origins can be traced back to ancient times, when people would use similar phrases to describe the state of their kingdoms or empires.
The earliest known use of the phrase state of affairs is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for state of affairs is from 1585, in a translation by Arthur Golding, translator. state of affairs is formed within English, by compounding. state n., of prep., affair n. See etymology.
State is the general word, often with no concrete implications or material relationships: the present state of affairs. Condition carries an implication of a relationship to causes and circumstances: The conditions made flying impossible.
A current situation or set of conditions. It's been a sad state of affairs around here since our grandma got sick. I'd like to start this meeting by going over the company's financial state of affairs. See also: affair, of, state.
