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predicament Definition


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predicament
noun
    1. A difficulty plight or dilemma.
      Thesaurus: dilemma, jam (slang), mess, situation, plight, quandary, embarrassment, pickle (slang), hot water (slang), between a rock and a hard place (slang); impasse, crisis, corner, scrape, a pretty kettle of fish (slang), emergency.
    2. logic.
      A category.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin praedicamentum something asserted; see predicate.



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