The meaning of PREDICAMENT is the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication; specifically : category. How to use predicament in a sentence.

She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. I'm in a bit of a predicament because I've accidentally accepted two invitations to dinner on the same night.

A predicament is a problematic situation about which one does not know what to do: "The wrenching predicament for conservation biologists is that endangered species reach the point of no return …

Definition of predicament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you are in a predicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of. Hank explained our predicament. The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun predicament, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

PREDICAMENT definition: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. See examples of predicament used in a sentence.

Predicament, though likewise capable of being used lightly, may also refer to a really crucial situation: Stranded in a strange city without money, he was in a predicament.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pre‧dic‧a‧ment /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/ noun [countable] a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a …

Dec 11, 2025 · From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).