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# predicament

«predicament» in Mova's school dictionary: **a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (predicaments)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#x1)
- We got into a predicament when we lost the map. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «predicament» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.