Akademik

plight

1. noun /plaɪt/

a) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

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

b) A dire or unfortunate situation.

2. verb /plaɪt/

a) To expose to risk; to pledge.

I ask what I have done to deserve it, one daughter hobnobbing with radicals and the other planning to plight herself to a criminal.

b) Specifically, to pledge (ones troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.

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