Definitions for plight
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. predicament, quandary, plightnoun

   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. plight, trothverb

   a solemn pledge of fidelity

3. betroth, engage, affiance, plightverb

   give to in marriage

4. pledge, plightverb

   promise solemnly and formally

   "I pledge that I will honor my wife"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plightnoun

   Etymology: This word Stephen Skinner imagines to be derived from the Dutch, plicht, office or employment; but Franciscus Junius observes, that pliht , Saxon, signifies distress or pressing danger; whence, I suppose, plight was derived, it being generally used in a bad sense.

   1. Condition; state.

   When as the careful dwarf had told,
   And made ensample of their mournful sight
   Unto his master, he no longer would
   There dwell in peril of like painful plight. Fa. Queen.

   I think myself in better plight for a lender than you are. William Shakespeare.

   Beseech your highness,
   My women may be with me; for, you see,
   My plight requires it. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   They in lowliest plight repentant stood
   Praying. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

   Thou must not here
   Lie in this miserable loathsome plight. John Milton.

   Most perfect hero tried in heaviest plight
   Of labours huge and hard. John Milton.

   2. Good case.

   Who abuseth his cattle and starves them for meat,
   By carting or plowing, his gaine is not great;
   Where he that with labour can use them aright,
   Hath gaine to his comfort, and cattel in plight. Thomas Tusser.

   3. Pledge; gage. [from the verb.]

   That lord, whose hand must take my plight, shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. William Shakespeare.

   4. [From to plight.]A fold; a pucker; a double; a purfle; a plait.

   Yclad, for fear of scorching air,
   All in a silken camus, lilly white,
   Purfled upon with many a folded plight. Fairy Queen.

2. To Plightverb

   Etymology: plichten, Dutch.

   1. To pledge; to give as surety.

   He plighted his right hand
   Unto another love, and to another land. Fairy Queen.

   Saint Withold
   Met the night mare, and her name told,
   Bid her alight, and her troth plight. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   I again in Henry’s royal name,
   Give thee her hand for sign of plighted faith. William Shakespeare.

   Here my inviolable faith I plight,
   Lo, thou be my defence, I, thy delight. Dryden.

   New loves you seek,
   New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break. Dryden.

   I’ll never mix my plighted hands with thine,
   While such a cloud of mischiefs hangs about us. Addison.

   2. To braid; to weave. [from plico, Lat. whence to ply or bend, and plight, pleight or plait, a fold or flexure.]

   Her head she fondly would aguise
   With gaudie girlonds, or fresh flowrets dight
   About her neck, or rings of rushes plight. Fairy Queen.

   I took it for a fairy vision
   Of some gay creatures of the element,
   That in the colours of the rainbow live,
   And play i’ th’ plighted clouds. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plight

   Plight is a difficult, complicated or dangerous situation or condition. It often refers to someone's unfavorable or unfortunate circumstances or condition in life.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Plight

   imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge

2. Plight

   imp. & p. p. of Pluck

3. Plightverb

   to weave; to braid; to fold; to plait

4. Plightnoun

   a network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment

5. Plightnoun

   that which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge

6. Plightnoun

   condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight

7. Plightnoun

   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

8. Plightnoun

   to promise; to engage; to betroth

9. Etymology: [OE. pliten; probably through Old French, fr. LL. plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plight

   plīt, n. something exposed to risk: security: pledge: engagement: promise.—v.t. to pledge: to promise solemnly: to give as security.—n. Plight′er, one who, or that which, plights. [A.S. pliht, risk, danger—plión, to imperil; cog. with Dut. pligt, Ger. pflicht, an obligation.]

2. Plight

   plīt, n. condition: state (either good or bad). [O. Fr. plite—L. plicitus, plicāre, to fold.]

3. Plight

   plīt, v.t. to plait, to braid, to weave.—n. (Spens.) a plait, a fold. [L. plectĕre, freq. of plicäre, to fold.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plight in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plight in a Sentence

1. Rod Doss:

   What the Courier is doing is letting everyone know what the plight of African-Americans is. in many instances we've been in the vanguard of creating change, because we do challenge the community from within.

2. David Wilezol:

   The best thing Associated Press -RRB- Biden said tonight was Associated Press -RRB- Biden call to fund the police — an act of leadership to help stop left-wing radicals in his own party from setting policing policies, and on the foreign policy front, Associated Press -RRB- Biden sounded appropriately tough as the commander-in-chief and genuinely sympathetic to the plight of Ukrainians who are fighting for their lives. But that wo n’t make up for the Administration’s posture of weakness which helped provoke Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

3. Charles Schumer:

   The plight of uninsured Americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed. But it wasn't the change we were hired to make.

4. Tabrez Noorani:

   This is a movie that found me, it's a story that needs to be told, to show the plight of these girls, what they go through.

5. Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia:

   If Mrs. Anderson had indeed been Anastasia, Queen Marie would have recognized her on the spot. ... Marie would never have been shocked at anything, and a niece of mine would have known it. ... There is not one tittle of genuine evidence in the story. The woman keeps away from the one relative who would have been the first to recognize her, understand her desperate plight, and symphathize with her.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plight
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plight
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plight
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plight