predicament

/pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/

noun 3

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(noun.)

ADJ

awful, awkward, dire, worse

She found herself in an awkward predicament when her two best friends had a terrible argument.

current, present | financial, personal

VERB + PREDICAMENT

be in, find yourself in, get into

Sarah got into a difficult predicament when she accidentally deleted all her project files.

place sb in, put sb in

escape (from), get out of

After weeks of planning, they finally managed to get out of their financial predicament.

solve

PREP

in a/the ~

She found herself in a difficult predicament when she accidentally deleted all her work files.

Definitions

noun

A definite class, state or condition.

An unfortunate or trying position or condition.

Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.

The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.

That which is predicated; a category.

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Synonyms

noun — a situation from which extrication is difficult especially a

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.

Wiktionary

The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the

Wiktionary

We have a similar predicament.

Tatoeba · #2307525

If you'd been a bit more careful, we wouldn't be in this predicament.

Tatoeba · #3089798

I explained my predicament.

Tatoeba · #5215318

What an awful predicament.

Tatoeba · #6618246

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