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| pre·dic·a·ment [ prə díkəmənt ] (plural pre·dic·a·ments) |
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1. difficult situation: a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation from which there is no clear or easy way out
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2. category: in logic, a category or class that can be assigned to something
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| [14th century. < late Latin praedicamentum "class, category" (translation of Greek katēgoria) < Latin praedicare "proclaim" (see predicate)] |
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