n.
1) to comprehend, grasp, take in a situation
2) to accept a situation
3) an awkward; crisis, emergency; critical; delicate; desperate; embarrassing; explosive; fluid; hopeless, no-win (colloq.); intolerable; life-and-death; stable; tricky; unpleasant situation
4) the housing; international, world; political situation
5) (misc.) to take stock of the situation
USAGE NOTE: Some purists prefer the simple words crisis and emergency to phrases such as crisis situation and emergency situation.