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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.
- English (US)
PREDICAMENT meaning: 1. an unpleasant situation that is...
- Predicament in German
PREDICAMENT translate: missliche Lage. Learn more in the...
- Traditional
PREDICAMENT translate: 尷尬的處境，窘境，困境. Learn more in the...
- Simplified
PREDICAMENT translate: 尴尬的处境，窘境，困境. Learn more in the...
- Predicament in Polish
PREDICAMENT translate: kłopot, trudna sytuacja, kłopot....
- Predicament in French
PREDICAMENT translate: situation difficile. Learn more in...
- Portuguese Translation
PREDICAMENT translate: apuros, dilema. Learn more in the...
- Predicament in Russian
PREDICAMENT translate: затруднительное положение . Learn...
- English (US)
The meaning of PREDICAMENT is the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication; specifically : category. How to use predicament in a sentence.
Predicament definition: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.. See examples of PREDICAMENT used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Definition of predicament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Predicament, though likewise capable of being used lightly, may also refer to a really crucial situation: Stranded in a strange city without money, he was in a predicament.
