Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.
- transitive verb To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example).
- noun A solemn pledge, as of faith.
- idiom (plight (one's) troth) To become engaged to marry.
- idiom (plight (one's) troth) To give one's solemn oath.
- noun A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. synonym: predicament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Peril; danger; harm; damage.
- noun A solemn promise or engagement concerning a matter of serious personal moment; solemn assurance or pledge.
- To engage by solemn promise; pledge; engage or bind one's self by pledging: as, to
plight one's hand, word, honor, faith, truth, vows, etc. - Synonyms Pledge, Plight. Pledge is applied to property as well as to word, faith, truth, honor, etc. Plight is now chiefly poetic or rhetorical; to plight honor is, as it were, to deposit it in pledge for the performance of an act—not often for the truth of a statement—to be forfeited if the act is not performed.
- To weave; plait; fold. See
plait . - To combine or put together in one's mind.
- noun Condition; position; state; situation; predicament.
- noun In particular— A bad condition or state; a distressed or distressing condition or predicament; misfortune.
- noun A good condition or state.
- noun A fold; a plait.
- noun An obsolete preterit and past participle of pluck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
pluck . - transitive verb obsolete To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
- imp. & p. p. of
plight , to pledge. - noun obsolete A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
- noun That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
- noun Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied.
- transitive verb To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to
plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods. - transitive verb To promise; to engage; to betroth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Responsibility for ensuing consequences;risk ;danger ;peril . - noun An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
- noun archaic That which is exposed to risk; that which is
plighted orpledged ;security ; agage ; apledge . - verb transitive To expose to risk; to
pledge . - verb transitive Specifically, to
pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of amarriage ceremony. - verb reflexive To
promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something. - verb obsolete To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
- noun obsolete A
network ; aplait ; afold ; rarely agarment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb promise solemnly and formally
- noun a solemn pledge of fidelity
- verb give to in marriage
- noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who has lived in the United States since 1984, has traveled around the world to raise awareness of what he calls the plight of Iranians living under the Islamic regime in Iran.
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Former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who has lived in the United States since 1984, has traveled around the world to raise awareness of what he calls the plight of Iranians living under the Islamic regime in Iran.
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Jumping into the shoes of each of his characters, all of which face a serious plight, is seemingly pulled off with ease each night on stage.
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They are comforted by those who agree that they are victims and their plight is someone else's fault.
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The hero often strives to not only give meaning and purpose to one's actions and unite the group, but also attempts to interpret history and provide a means of enunciation so that one's current plight is placed within some sort of context.
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Jumping into the shoes of each of his characters, all of which face a serious plight, is seemingly pulled off with ease each night on stage.
James Sims: Daniel Beaty's 'Chosen Schizophrenia' Drives His Solo Playwriting James Sims 2010
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Manoosh's plight is almost identical to what Chuck went through when he was first brought into the CIA fold.
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Jumping into the shoes of each of his characters, all of which face a serious plight, is seemingly pulled off with ease each night on stage.
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Since our common plight is precisely to live in such uncertainty, what's wrong with this?
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Jumping into the shoes of each of his characters, all of which face a serious plight, is seemingly pulled off with ease each night on stage.
James Sims: Daniel Beaty's 'Chosen Schizophrenia' Drives His Solo Playwriting James Sims 2010
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