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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnvorhergesehene Umstände
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Oon-for-hair-ge-seh-neh Oom-sten-de
"Das Projekt wurde aufgrund unvorhergesehener Umstände verzögert."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Events or situations that occur unexpectedly and are not anticipated.
"The project was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances that arose during the construction phase." - 2
Factors or conditions that were not predicted and affect a situation.
"The cancellation of the event was attributed to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'unforeseen' derives from the Old English 'forseen', meaning to see beforehand, combined with the prefix 'un-' indicating negation. 'Circumstances' comes from the Latin 'circumstantia', meaning 'surrounding conditions', reflecting the historical evolution of the term to encompass unexpected events.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unforeseen Circumstances" is said worldwide
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Circonstances imprévues
Transliteration: seerkon-stahns ahm-preh-vue
"Le projet a été retardé en raison de circonstances imprévues."
Unvorhergesehene Umstände
Transliteration: Oon-for-hair-ge-seh-neh Oom-sten-de
"Das Projekt wurde aufgrund unvorhergesehener Umstände verzögert."
Circostanze impreviste
Transliteration: Cheer-koh-stahn-tseh im-preh-vis-teh
"Il progetto è stato ritardato a causa di circostanze impreviste."
Circunstancias imprevistas
Transliteration: Seer-kum-stahn-syahs im-preh-vees-tahs
"El proyecto se retrasó debido a circunstancias imprevistas."
Circunstâncias imprevistas
Transliteration: Seer-kun-stahn-see-ahs im-preh-vees-tahs
"O projeto foi atrasado devido a circunstâncias imprevistas."
अनपेक्षित परिस्थितियाँ
Transliteration: Anapekshit Paristhitiyan
"परियोजना अप्रत्याशित परिस्थितियों के कारण देरी हो गई।"
不可预见的情况
Transliteration: Bùkě yùjiàn de qíngkuàng
"由于不可预见的情况，项目被延迟。"
예상치 못한 상황
Transliteration: Yesangchi mothan sanghwang
"예상치 못한 상황으로 프로젝트가 지연되었습니다."
予期しない状況
Transliteration: Yoki shinai jōkyō
"予期しない状況により、プロジェクトが遅れました。"
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