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prædicament

prædicament is the obsolete spelling of predicament.

Meaning of predicament

Noun

predicament (plural predicaments)

  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)
    Synonyms:
    tight spot
  3. That which is predicated; a category.

Forms of prædicament

pluralprædicaments

Questions about prædicament

What is prædicament the obsolete spelling of?
Prædicament is the obsolete spelling of predicament.

Words near prædicament in the dictionary

  1. prædators
  2. prædatory
  3. prædecessor
  4. prædecessors
  5. prædestination
  6. prædicament
  7. prædicaments
  8. prædicate
  9. prædicated
  10. prædicates
  11. prædicative

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