Dictionary

predicament en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).

Meanings

1. A definite class, state or condition.
2. An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
   • Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life. 1978, Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, page xv (20th edition):
   • The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men. 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:
3. That which is predicated; a category.

Forms

Deriveds

antepredicament · egocentric predicament · predicament bondage · predicamental

Relateds

can of worms · trouble · difficulty · predicate · preach · kettle of fish · tight spot

Synonyms

tight spot · plight

Translations (73)

oc estat (a definite class, state or condition) · de Zwickmühle (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · nl klasse (a definite class, state or condition) · mr दशा (a definite class, state or condition) · pl kłopotliwa sytuacja (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · es predicamento (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · mr बिकट प्रसंग (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · oc condicion (a definite class, state or condition) · de Kategorie (a definite class, state or condition) · sv predikament (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · mr दशा (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · uk катего́рія (a definite class, state or condition) · es aprieto (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · de missliche Lage (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · cs složitá situace (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · gl predicamento (a definite class, state or condition) · mi tairaru (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · cs svízel (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · el παλιοκατάσταση (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · bg категория (that which is predicated; a category) · ca compromís (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · pt predicamento (a definite class, state or condition) · hu kutyaszorító (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · bg категория (a definite class, state or condition) · mi pōraruraru (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · de Zwangslage (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr catégorie (that which is predicated; a category) · hu slamasztika (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr prédicament (a definite class, state or condition) · es apuro (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · de Kategorie (that which is predicated; a category) · cs ošemetná situace (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · ru затрудне́ние (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr mauvaise passe (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · oc categoria (a definite class, state or condition) · cmn 困境 (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · uk категорія (that which is predicated; a category) · ru затрудни́тельное положе́ние (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · it situazione difficile (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · ru положение (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · de Lage (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · ru катего́рия (a definite class, state or condition) · uk скрута (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · cs nesnáz (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · no knipe (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr situation difficile (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · uk стан (a definite class, state or condition) · fr classe (a definite class, state or condition) · mr आपत्ति (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · uk скрутне становище (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr situation délicate (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · hu kategória (that which is predicated; a category) · hu szorult/kínos/kellemetlen helyzet (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · fr catégorie (a definite class, state or condition) · hu gond (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · de Dilemma (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · hi दुर्दशा (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · es predicamento (a definite class, state or condition) · ja 窮地 (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · es dificultad (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · ca dilema (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · az sıxıntı (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · pt apuro (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · sv obehaglig situation (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · cs šlamastyka (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · hu baj (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · oc predicament (a definite class, state or condition) · ca predicament (a definite class, state or condition) · cs nepříjemná situace (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · nl hachelijke situatie (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · bg затруднение (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) · oc classa (a definite class, state or condition) · hu kellemetlenség (an unfortunate or trying position or condition)