English-Thai Dictionary

predicament

N สภาพ กลืนไม่เข้าคายไม่ออก  สภาวะ ลำบากใจ  quandary plight strait perplexity sa-pab-klun-mai-kao-kai-mai-ook

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDICAMENT

n.[L. proedicamentum, from proedico, to affirm. ] 1. In logic, a category; a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under any genus. The school philosophers distribute all the objects of our thoughts and ideas into genera or classes, which the Greeks call categories, and the Latins predicaments. Aristotle made ten categories, viz. substance, quantity, quality, relation, action, passion, time, place, situation and habit.
2. Class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state.
We say, the country is in a singular predicament.

 

PREDICAMENTAL

a.Pertaining to a predicament.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREDICAMENT

Pre *dic "a *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prédicament, 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 woeful sympathy; piteous predicament! " Shak.

 

2. (Logic )

 

Defn: See Category.

 

Syn. -- Category; condition; state; plight.

 

PREDICAMENTAL

PREDICAMENTAL Pre *dic `a *men "tal, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646 ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

predicament

pre dic a ment |priˈdikəmənt prəˈdɪkəmənt | ▶noun 1 a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation: the club's financial predicament. 2 Philosophy, archaic (in Aristotelian logic ) each of the ten “categories,” often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion. ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from late Latin praedicamentum ‘something predicated ’ (rendering Greek katēgoria ‘category ’), from Latin praedicare (see predicate ). From the sense ‘category ’ arose the sense ‘state of being, condition ’; hence ‘unpleasant situation. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

predicament

predicament |prɪˈdɪkəm (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation: the club's financial predicament. 2 (in Aristotelian logic ) each of the ten ‘categories ’, often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): from late Latin praedicamentum ‘something predicated ’ (rendering Greek katēgoria ‘category ’), from Latin praedicare (see predicate ). From the sense ‘category ’ arose the sense ‘state of being, condition ’; hence ‘unpleasant situation ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

predicament

predicament noun how did you ever get yourself into such a predicament: difficult situation, mess, difficulty, plight, quandary, muddle, mare's nest; informal hole, fix, jam, pickle, scrape, bind, tight spot /corner, dilemma, can of worms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

predicament

predicament noun I really cannot understand how you could have allowed yourself to get into such a predicament: difficult situation, awkward situation, mess, difficulty, problematic situation, plight, quandary, trouble, muddle, mare's nest, crisis; informal hole, fix, jam, sticky situation, pickle, scrape, bind, tight spot /corner, spot, corner, dilemma, hot /deep water, kettle of fish, how-do-you-do.

 

Spanish Dictionary

predicamento

predicamento nombre masculino Influencia o grado de estimación de una persona o una cosa :la película ha alcanzado gran predicamento en los medios cinematográficos e intelectuales; en la Antigüedad grecorromana, el libro oral tuvo el mismo o mayor predicamento que el escrito; el gran inconveniente del candidato es su escaso predicamento en las filas comunistas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

predicament

pre dic a ment /prɪdɪ́kəmənt /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖しばしば one's ～〗(どうしてよいかわからないような )困難な状況 ; (特定の )状況, 境遇 .