plight

CEFRC1

/plaɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A difficult or unhappy situation.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A (neutral) condition or state.

Examples

  • The documentary is meant to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor.

  • They understood my plight.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Good health.

  2. A dire or unfortunate situation.

  3. Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.

More examples

In context

  • Gosling's plight worsened when he was soon shown a red card for a foul on Martin.

  • Though we say we are quite clear about it and understand when someone uses the expression, unlike that other expression, maybe we're in the same plight with regard to them both.

  • All wayes shee sought him to restore to plight, / With herbs, with charms, with counsel, and with teares[…].

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Origin

noun

From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).