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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.
Definition of plight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PLIGHT meaning: an unpleasant or difficult situation: . Learn more.
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.
