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PLYT/plaɪt/

A plight is a dangerous, difficult, or unfortunate situation: the plight of the night, in a sorry plight. Hardship (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; a caption is not a rota file.

Meaning

A dangerous, difficult, or unfortunate situation (from hardship, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “The plight of the unstaffed night is a rota file, not a caption.”
• “Hardship is already in this course. Predicament is the close twin. A caption is comms. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then keep the caption if the sitting still stands.”

Good to know

A serious difficult situation. Close: hardship (already in the dictionary). A caption ≠ cover.

Near in meaning

predicament, hardship, straits

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