catch-22 situation
1catch-22 situation — UK [ˌkætʃ twentiˈtuː ˌsɪtʃueɪʃ(ə)n] US [ˌkætʃ twentiˈtu ˌsɪtʃueɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] [singular catch 22 situation plural catch 22 situations] Etymology From the title …
2catch-22 situation — UK [ˌkætʃ twentɪˈtuː ˌsɪtʃueɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkætʃ twentɪˈtu ˌsɪtʃueɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms catch 22 situation : singular catch 22 situation plural catch 22 situations a set of problems that is impossible to escape from because each… …
3catch-22 situation — An unresolvable contradiction or logic trap. The phrase comes from Joseph Heller’s bestselling 1970s novel. ► “ It’s a Catch 22 for employers and employees alike: In theory, workfamily programs, including flexible schedules aim to LEVEL THE… …
4(a) catch-22 situation — (a) catch 22 | a catch 22 situation idiom (informal) a difficult situation from which there is no escape because you need to do one thing before doing a second, and you cannot do the second thing before doing the first • I can t get a job because …
5catch-22 — [ˌkætʆ twenti ˈtuː] noun [uncountable] US noun [U] ► a difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible because it is also the cause of the problem: »But it is a catch 22 situation you can t get people without funding, but you …
6Catch-22 — [ˌkætʃ twentiˈtu:] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Catch 22 book (1961) by Joseph Heller in which such situations are described] an impossible situation that you cannot solve because you need to do one thing in order to do a second thing, but you …
7catch-22 — from the title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961), is used mainly in the phrase a catch 22 situation, which strictly does not mean any dilemma or difficulty but one ‘from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent… …
8catch-22 — n. (often attrib.) colloq. a dilemma or circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Etymology: title of a novel by J. Heller (1961) featuring a dilemma of this kind * * * ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷… …
9CATCH-22-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q93.5 Sonstige Deletionen eines Chromosomenteils …
10CATCH-22 Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q93.5 Sonstige Deletionen eines Chromosomenteils …
