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- Dictionaryplight/plʌɪt/
verb
- 1. pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty): archaic "men to plighted vows were faithful"
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PLIGHT definition: 1. an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one: 2. to (promise to) marry…. Learn more.
The meaning of PLIGHT is to put or give in pledge : engage. How to use plight in a sentence.
PLIGHT meaning: 1. an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one: 2. to (promise to) marry…. Learn more.
Plight definition: a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one. See examples of PLIGHT used in a sentence.
A plight is a situation that's hard to get out of. Learning about the plight of people trying to rebuild their homes after a devastating earthquake might inspire you to send money to a charity. Plight means predicament. It comes from the word for pleat, which means fold. A plight is a tough bind.
1. To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth. 2. To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example). n. A solemn pledge, as of faith. Idiom: plight (one's) troth. 1. To become engaged to marry. 2. To give one's solemn oath.
If you refer to someone's plight, you mean that they are in a difficult or distressing situation that is full of problems.
noun. /plaɪt/ [singular] a difficult and sad situation. the plight of homeless people. The African elephant is in a desperate plight. Extra Examples. the desperate plight of flood victims. the plight of the 1.5 million refugees. A neighbour heard of her plight and offered to help. He has expressed deep concern about the plight of the flood victims.
noun. plights. A condition or state of affairs; esp., now, an awkward, sad, or dangerous situation. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A pledge. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril. Wiktionary.
PLIGHT meaning: an unpleasant or difficult situation: . Learn more.
