predicament
11predicament — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, difficult, dire, terrible, worse ▪ Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves. ▪ current, present …
12prédicament — (pré di ka man) s. m. 1° Terme de logique. Attribut. Dans une proposition comme Dieu est saint, Dieu est le sujet, et saint le prédicament. 2° Synonyme de catégorie. L être est le premier de tous les prédicaments. Familièrement. Être en… …
13predicament — n. 1) an awkward; dire predicament (to get into an awkward predicament) 2) in a predicament * * * [prɪ dɪkəmənt] dire predicament (to get into an awkward predicament) an awkward in a predicament …
14predicament — predicamental /pri dik euh men tl, pred i keuh /, adj. predicamentally, adv. /pri dik euh meuhnt/ for 1, 3; /pred i keuh meuhnt/ for 2, n. 1. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. 2. a class or category of logical or… …
15predicament — UK [prɪˈdɪkəmənt] / US [ˈprɪˈdɪkɑmənt] noun [countable] Word forms predicament : singular predicament plural predicaments a difficult or unpleasant situation that is not easy to get out of I understood her predicament, but there was nothing I… …
16predicament — pre|dic|a|ment [prıˈdıkəmənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: praedicamentum, from praedicare; PREDICATE2] a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice ▪ the… …
17predicament — pre•dic•a•ment [[t]prɪˈdɪk ə mənt[/t]] for 1; [[t]ˈprɛd ɪ kə [/t]] for 2 n. 1) an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation 2) pho a class or category of logical or philosophical predication • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < LL… …
18PRÉDICAMENT — s. m. T. de Logique. Catégorie, ordre, rang, classe où les philosophes de l école ont coutume de ranger tous les êtres, selon leur genre et leur espèce. L être est le premier de tous les prédicaments. Il est vieux. Fam., Être en bon ou en mauvais …
19predicament — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, quandary, fix, spot (inf.), corner, dilemma, mess, scrape, crisis, emergency. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quandary, plight, dilemma, strait, puzzle, perplexity,… …
20predicament — pre|dic|a|ment [ pri dıkamənt ] noun count a difficult or unpleasant situation that is not easy to get out of: I understood her predicament, but there was nothing I could do. in a predicament: If everyone had followed the rules, we would not be… …
