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1. (n.) plight
a distressing condition or situation:
to be left in a sorry plight.
2. (v.t.) plight
to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
3. plight
to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.
4. plight
to bind by a pledge, esp. of marriage.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE pliht danger, risk; c. D plicht, G Pflicht obligation; (v.) ME; OE plihtan (der. of the n.) to endanger, risk, pledge)
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| Definition of 'plight' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) predicament, quandary, plight
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
"finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
2. (verb) plight, troth
a solemn pledge of fidelity
3. (verb) betroth, engage, affiance, plight
give to in marriage
4. (verb) pledge, plight
promise solemnly and formally
"I pledge that I will honor my wife"
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| Definition of 'plight' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) plight
a network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment
2. (noun) plight
that which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge
3. (noun) plight
condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight
4. (noun) plight
to pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods
5. (noun) plight
to promise; to engage; to betroth
6. plight
imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge
7. plight
imp. & p. p. of Pluck
8. (verb) plight
to weave; to braid; to fold; to plait
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Sense: a (bad) situation or state
She was in a terrible plight, as she had lost all her money.
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 Afrikaans: benarde situasie |
 Arabic: وَرْطَه، مأزِق |
 Bulgarian: беда |
 Brazilian: apuro |
 Czech: (kritická) situace |
 German: die Notlage |
 Danish: forfatning |
 Greek: δυσχερής θέση |
 Spanish: drama, situación grave |
 Estonian: täbar olukord |
 Farsi: مخمصه |
 Finnish: ahdinko |
 French: situation critique |
 Hebrew: מְצוּקָה |
 Hindi: गंभीर स्थिति |
 Croatian: obećanje, obaveza |
 Hungarian: (nehéz) helyzet |
 Indonesian: kesulitan |
 Icelandic: kringumstæður, ástand |
 Italian: situazione |
 Japanese: 苦境 |
 Korean: 처지, 상태 |
 Lithuanian: (sunki) padėtis |
 Latvian: (bēdīgs) stāvoklis, situā |
 Malay: keadaan pahit getir |
 Dutch: benarde toestand |
 Norwegian: knipe, forfatning |
 Polish: tarapaty |
 Persian: حالت اندوهناك |
 Pashto: غمجن حالت |
 Portuguese: apuro |
 Romanian: situaţie proastă |
 Russian: (трудное) положение |
 Slovak: (kritická) situácia |
 Slovenian: neprijeten položaj |
 Serbian: neprilika |
 Swedish: tillstånd, belägenhet |
 Thai: สถานการณ์เลวร้าย |
 Turkish: durum |
 Taiwanese: 境況，困境 |
 Ukrainian: становище скрутне |
 Urdu: خراب صورت حال |
 Vietnamese: hoàn cảnh khó khăn |
 Chinese: 境况，困境 |
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