Definition of "situational" [situational]

• Of or pertaining to a particular situation. (adjective)

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• "NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced the decision to move the ships closer to Libya to improve what he called "situational awareness," and to help with humanitarian relief efforts."
• "BEVELACQUA: Wolf, I believe they should be concerned and they should practice what we call situational awareness/operational security."
• "Professor Venkatesh mentioned the intergenerational poverty versus what we call the situational poverty, where someone loses a job, as the example you just cited."