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a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do: face a dilemmaShe faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves. in a dilemmaShe's in a dilemma because she feels she would lose out if she tried to transfer her pension fund elsewhere.
1. a. : a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice. faces this dilemma: raise interest rates and slow the economy or lower them and risk serious inflation. b. : a situation involving such a choice. here am I brought to a very pretty dilemma; I must commit murder or commit matrimony—George Farquhar. broadly: predicament.
noun. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives. a problem that seems incapable of a solution.
noun. 1. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives. 2. a problem that seems incapable of a solution. 3. logic.
Definition of dilemma noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A dilemma is a tough choice. When you're in a difficult situation and each option looks equally bad, you're in a dilemma. Dilemma is from a Greek for "double proposition." It was originally a technical term of logic, but we use it now for any time you have a problem with no satisfactory solution.
di·lem·ma. (dĭ-lĕm′ə) n. 1. A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory. 2. Usage Problem A problem that seems to defy a satisfactory solution. 3. Logic An argument that presents two alternatives, each of which has the same consequence.
noun [ C ] uk / dɪˈlemə / us. Add to word list. B2. a difficult choice you have to make between two things you could do: She's still in a dilemma about whether she should go or not. (Definition of dilemma from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dilemma. in Chinese (Traditional) 左右為難，兩難境地… See more.
dilemma. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧lem‧ma /dəˈlemə, daɪ-/ noun [countable] a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad a moral dilemma in a dilemma I’m in a dilemma about this job offer.
a problem that seems incapable of a solution. a form of argument one of whose premises is the conjunction of two conditional statements and the other of which affirms the disjunction of their antecedents, and whose conclusion is the disjunction of their consequents.
