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# predicament

noun (predicaments)

«predicament» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a hero or animal stuck in trouble with no easy way out

### Examples

- The fox was in a predicament: the hounds were coming and the river was too deep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#x1)
- We got into a predicament when we lost the map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#x2)
- Think hard and you will find a way out of this predicament. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «predicament» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«predicament» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/predicament.html) on Mova free.