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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.
noun. pre· dic· a· ment pri-ˈdi-kə-mənt. sense 1 is usually ˈpre-di-kə- Synonyms of predicament. 1. : the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication. specifically : category sense 1. 2. : condition, state. especially : a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation. Synonyms. bind. box. catch-22. corner. dilemma. fix. hole.
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. The Greek word that predicament originally descends from means "a state of being."
Predicament definition: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.. See examples of PREDICAMENT used in a sentence.
predicament. noun. /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/. /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/. a difficult or an unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do synonym quandary. the club’s financial predicament. I'm in a terrible predicament. Extra Examples.
n. 1. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. 2. a class or category of logical or philosophical predication.
Predicament definition: A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult.
predicament in American English. (for 1, 3 prɪˈdɪkəmənt, for 2 ˈpredɪkəmənt) noun. 1. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. 2. a class or category of logical or philosophical predication. 3. archaic. a particular state, condition, or situation.
noun [ C ] uk / prɪˈdɪkəmənt / us. Add to word list. 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.
Definition of predicament noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
