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- Dictionarypredicament/prɪˈdɪkəm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation: "the club's financial predicament"
- 2. (in Aristotelian logic) each of the ten ‘categories’, often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion.
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an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of: She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. I'm in a bit of a predicament because I've accidentally accepted two invitations to dinner on the same night. Synonyms. mess (PROBLEMS) plight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of PREDICAMENT is the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication; specifically : category. How to use predicament in a sentence.
If you are in a predicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of. Hank explained our predicament. The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament. Synonyms: fix [informal], state, situation, spot [informal] More Synonyms of predicament. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
If you're engaged to get married but suddenly fall in love with someone else, you have gotten yourself into quite a predicament. A predicament is a difficult, confusing, and unpleasant situation.
Predicament definition: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.. See examples of PREDICAMENT used in a sentence.
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Definition of predicament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a problem or a difficult situation: I sympathize with your predicament. (Definition of predicament from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of predicament. in Chinese (Traditional) 尷尬的處境，窘境，困境… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 尴尬的处境，窘境，困境… See more. in Spanish. aprieto, apuro, situación difícil… See more.
1. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. 2. a class or category of logical or philosophical predication.
Predicament, dilemma, plight, quandary refer to unpleasant or puzzling situations. Predicament and plight stress more the unpleasant nature, quandary and dilemma the puzzling nature of the situation.
