plight

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

part of speech

noun (plight, plights)

meaning for a pupil

A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a hero finds himself in an evil or dismal plight, in trouble and needing help

examples

• He saw that he was in an evil plight again. tree →
• Never was a bride seen in such a dismal plight. tree →
• The swallowing of sea-water only increased his miserable plight. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.