predicament

predicament
noun
ADJECTIVE
awful, difficult, dire, terrible, worse

Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves.

current, present
financial

the team's dire financial predicament

personal
similar

When I was your age, I was in a similar predicament.

human

a portrayal of the human predicament

VERB + PREDICAMENT
be caught in, be in, face, find yourself in, get into

Many young people find themselves in this predicament.

place sb in, put sb in
escape, escape from, get out of

How were we to escape this awful predicament?

realize, understand
consider, ponder
explain

She was searching for the right words to explain her predicament.

solve
PREPOSITION
in a/the predicament

Now I really was in a dire predicament.


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  • predicament — predicament, dilemma, quandary, plight, scrape, fix, jam, pickle can all denote a situation from which one does or can extricate himself only with difficulty. Predicament carries the implication that the situation constitutes a problem for those… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • predicament — Predicament. s. m. Categorie. Terme de Logique. Ordre, rang, classe où l on range plusieurs choses de mesme nature. Il y a dix predicaments. la substance est le premier de tous les prédicaments. On dit, qu Un homme est en bon ou en mauvais… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • predicament — [prē dik′ə mənt, pridik′ə mənt] n. [ME < LL(Ec) praedicamentum < L praedicare: see PREACH] 1. a condition or situation, now specif. one that is difficult, unpleasant, embarrassing, or, sometimes, comical 2. Archaic CATEGORY (sense 2) SYN.… …   English World dictionary

  • prédicament — ⇒PRÉDICAMENT, subst. masc. PHILOS. [Chez Aristote] Synon. de catégorie (v. ce mot I A 1). Nous dirons que la continuité est quantitative ou qualitative, selon qu elle concourt ou qu elle ne concourt pas avec la mensurabilité; mais, en opposant… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Predicament — Pre*dic a*ment, n. [Cf. F. pr[ e]dicament, L. praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. O… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • predicament — I noun adverse circumstances, adversity, angustiae, barrier, case, circumstance, complication, condition, conjuncture, corner, crisis, critical situation, danger, dangerous condition, difficultas, difficulty, dilemma, embarrassing position,… …   Law dictionary

  • predicament — (n.) late 14c., that which is asserted (a term in logic), from M.L. predicamentum, from L.L. praedicamentum quality, category, something predicted, from L. praedicatus, pp. of praedicare (see PREDICATE (Cf. predicate)), a loan translation of Gk.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • predicament — [n] difficult situation asperity, bad news*, bind*, Catch 22*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, deep water*, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang up*, hardship, hole, hot water*, imbroglio, impasse, jam*,… …   New thesaurus

  • predicament — ► NOUN 1) a difficult situation. 2) Philosophy each of the ten categories in Aristotelian logic. ORIGIN originally in the sense «category», later «state of being»: from Latin praedicamentum something predicated …   English terms dictionary

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