Definitions for predicament
prɪˈdɪk ə mənt for 1 ; ˈprɛd ɪ kə- for 2predica·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. predicamentnoun

   A definite class, state or condition.

2. predicamentnoun

   An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.

3. predicamentnoun

   That which is predicated; a category.

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

1. PREDICAMENTnoun

   1.A class or arrangement of beings or substances ranked according to their natures: called also categorema or category. John Harris

   Etymology: predicament, Fr. prædicamentum, Lat.

   If there were nothing but bodies to be ranked by them in the predicament of place, then that description would be allowed by them as sufficient. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.

   2. Class or kind described by any definitive marks.

   The offender’s life lies in the mercy
   Of the duke only, ’gainst all other voice;
   In which predicament I say thou stand’st. William Shakespeare.

   I shew the line and the predicament,
   Wherein you range under this subtle king. William Shakespeare.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Predicamentnoun

   a class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition

2. Predicamentnoun

   see Category

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

1. Predicament

   prē-dik′a-ment, n. (logic) one of the classes or categories which include all predicables: condition: an unfortunate or trying position.—adj. Predicamen′tal. [Low L. predicamentum, something predicated or asserted.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of predicament in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of predicament in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of predicament in a Sentence

1. Eric Ulloa:

   We are being placed as actors in a very dangerous predicament, why are we not protecting our own from having to be in a hotel where the Christian owner can say, 'I'm sorry, you and your boyfriend can't lie in the same bed because the Bible tells me that's wrong.'.

2. Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org:

   The headline reads, "Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics." This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, "Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, "Stop me before I prescribe again."

3. David Heymann:

   This infection is a predicament for all people of child-bearing age who live in Brazil or who travel to Brazil. And that includes both men and women, women could get infected and come back and become pregnant within three weeks or four weeks, or they could be pregnant when they get there. And men could go there and come back with the infection and infect their sexual partner back home.

4. Ovidia Molina:

   There has never been a plan by our state to take into account the safety of our educators. That is how we feel, our educators are being put in the predicament yet again by our state of choosing safety.

5. Tonatiuh Guillen:

   Double or triple this number will put us in a predicament.

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