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«Risk» redirects here. For the board game, see Risk (game).
Traffic signs which are triangular with a red border are warning drivers about something dangerous. This one simply has an exclamation mark, so it might refer to any kind of danger.
Danger (also risk or peril) is the possibility of something bad happening. A situation in which there is a risk of something bad happening, is called dangerous, risky or perilous.
People often take risks, or do things that might hurt them. An example of this is crossing the road without looking carefully. There is a risk that you might get hit by a car.
Anything that involves a risk of injury or to health can be described as dangerous. Smoking is dangerous to health. Being around some animals is dangerous because they might attack humans.
Measuring danger[change | change source]
There are a few different ways that danger can be quantified — put into numbers.
Probability[change | change source]
probability measures how dangerous something is. It uses a math equation to find the risk that a certain event might happen. In epidemiology, risk is defined as the number of events that did happen, divided by the number of events that could have happened. For example, if the risk of babies dying after birth in a population is reported as 1/1000, it means that out of every 1000 babies born, 1 is likely to die.
Risk and prevalence[change | change source]
Prevalence is the number of people in a population that have a certain disease.
Risk is the number of new cases of disease, divided by the number of people who could get the disease. For example, during an outbreak of the flu, risk would be the number of people who get the flu, divided by the number of people who were exposed to the flu virus.
Risk assessment[change | change source]
A risk assessment is a list of things that could go wrong. In many Western countries, when teachers take children on an outing, they may have to fill in a risk assessment form which lists the possible dangers and says what they should do to stop bad things from happening (e.g. accidents or children getting lost).
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I was unaware of the danger that lay ahead.
She was fearless in the face of danger.
The sign on the door read “Danger. Keep out.”
There’s less danger that you’ll lose your money if you have a wide variety of investments.
There’s a danger that your apology will be taken as a sign of weakness.
The danger is that we’ll become careless as the process becomes more familiar.
It’s important to teach your children about the dangers of smoking.
Here is a list of possible dangers associated with the procedure.
We believe it poses a serious danger to our national security.
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noun
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
an instance or cause of peril; menace.
Obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain.
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Origin of danger
1175–1225; Middle English da(u)nger<Anglo-French; Old French dangier, alteration of dongier (by influence of damdamage) <Vulgar Latin *domniārium, equivalent to Latin domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neuter of -ārius-ary
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1. Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril. Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation: To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.
OTHER WORDS FROM danger
dan·ger·less, adjectivesu·per·dan·ger, noun
Words nearby danger
Danegeld, Danelaw, danewort, dang, danged, danger, danger angle, Danger Cave, danger man, danger money, dangerous
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Words related to danger
crisis, emergency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, probability, risk, threat, uncertainty, vulnerability, clouds, dynamite, endangerment, exigency, precariousness
How to use danger in a sentence
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Unfortunately, this change alone can only mitigate the danger of misleading health information, but does little to actually stop it.
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Geologists are also warning of the danger of destructive debris flows.
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Halloween is still a long way off, but as summer ends, some Outside editors are getting in the spirit early with a new HBO horror series, an unsettling novel about the dangers of technology, and a book all about death rituals.
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“We need another scale or some totally different way of warning of a danger,” says Masters.
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Without privacy, we run the danger that someone will build The Ring and destroy society by ruling us all.
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Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
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What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
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He remained as hopeful as ever that he would himself join the NYPD, whatever the danger.
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They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.
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The actions of North Korea this week should also send a clear message about the danger of this regime.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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We got off our horses and stooped over the man, forgetting for the moment that danger might lurk in the surrounding thicket.
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They soon retired, however, as the Fort was in danger of being attacked from another side.
British Dictionary definitions for danger
noun
the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
obsolete power
in danger of liable to
on the danger list critically ill in hospital
Derived forms of danger
dangerless, adjective
Word Origin for danger
C13: daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum
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Defenition of the word danger
- A situation that constitutes an immediate risk for injury on a person or property.
- a dangerous place; «He moved out of danger»
- the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; «you are in no danger»; «there was widespread danger of disease»
- a cause of pain or injury or loss; «he feared the dangers of traveling by air»
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; «he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime»; «there was a danger he would do the wrong thing»
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- a dangerous place
- the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
- a cause of pain or injury or loss
Synonyms for the word danger
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- chance
- hazard
- jeopardy
- likelihood
- menace
- peril
- possibility
- risk
- threat
Similar words in the danger
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- danger
- danger’s
- dangered
- dangerfield
- dangerfield’s
- dangering
- dangerous
Hyponyms for the word danger
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- chance
- clear and present danger
- crapshoot
- endangerment
- exposure
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardousness
- insecurity
- jeopardy
- menace
- peril
- perilousness
- powder keg
- risk
- riskiness
- threat
- vulnerability
Hypernyms for the word danger
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- area
- causal agency
- causal agent
- cause
- condition
- country
- status
- venture
Antonyms for the word danger
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- safety
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Other forms: dangers
When you’re in danger, it seems likely that you might get hurt. Your mom might warn you that if you don’t wear your bicycle helmet, you’re in danger of getting injured.
A baby bird teetering on the edge of its nest is in danger, and a driver whose car stalls on railroad tracks is also in danger. When something unpleasant might happen, you can also use the word danger: «We were in danger of running out of guacamole before the party ended.» Danger can also be a precarious or perilous place, as when you step up on the curb on a busy street, out of danger.
Definitions of danger
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the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
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a cause of pain or injury or loss
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a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
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synonyms:
peril, risk
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area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
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area, country
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Madison anticipated this precise danger from Slavery, and upheld this precise grant of power in order to counteract this danger_. ❋ Various (N/A)
«The danger isn’t the point — _it’s the fear of danger_,» said Darrow. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
There was danger to this country, danger of the avenging justice of God, in that little unimportant Popular Sovereignty question of Judge Douglas. ❋ Unknown (1897)
Cornplanter, their most experienced warrior, should not leave them; but that a sufficient deputation, for which they had obtained volunteers, should accompany Col. Proctor, at the same time advising him of the danger, admonishing him to proceed with caution; «_to reach his neck over the land, and take in all the light he could, that would show him his danger_.» ❋ John Niles Hubbard (1856)
That the Government was however determined, and so were all the Departments, that this should never happen again; no doubt the danger from the Socialists was great, all over the world; that _that_ was the _real danger_, and that they would readily make another attempt like the fearful one in June (the result of which for three days was uncertain), but that they had not the power; that he was continually impressing upon all his friends in France the necessity of supporting _whatever_ form of Government there was _whose object_ was the _maintenance of order_, and to unite «contre cet ennemi commun.» ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)
«Contrariwise, those private individuals who expose themselves to danger without any legitimate excuse run great risk of tempting God and losing His grace; since it is written that _he that loveth danger_ (still more he that seeketh it) _shall perish in it_.» [ ❋ Jean Pierre Camus (1618)
The term «danger play» is less frequently found in the literature; it refers to a manoeuvre that guards against an unlikely distribution but loses a vital trick if the lie of cards is more or less normal. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The main danger is that another school like TCU or Houston would run the table as well and jump ahead of them in the final BCS rankings. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But killing more civilians, damaging more property that we will be responsible for rebuilding, and putting MORE troops in danger is wrong, immoral and just bad policy. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But putting other people in danger is an entirely different matter. ❋ Unknown (2010)
He feels that he is in danger from the animal/men and from Dr. Moreau himself and does not know where to turn. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Even while dying, Apophis is still able to exercise his cunning as gaining refuge on Earth puts Earth in danger from the system lords, as they try to get Apophis back. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I agree with Mr Carville that President Obama is in danger from the right wing where there is so much anger over losing the white house and bigotry against a black president. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Not only was the baby in danger from the mass, but Rachel was also at risk. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Not only was the baby in danger from the mass, but Jennifer was also at risk. ❋ Unknown (2010)
For the media to say no one was in danger is just another example of their incompetence. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Adriano is a wonderful young man who made sure that Adam and I were not in danger from a very wicked undertow. ❋ Unknown (2008)
However, he does care that Alyse insists on helping him with his charade though that places his beloved in danger from the still unknown adversary. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Wow, [Nicholas] [DANGER] [Martinez] gets all the ladies!! ❋ Dangers Mom (2008)
[Garrett] «danger» [Stookey] ❋ DANGER123 (2010)
Then she put her hand on my [junk] and [I was like], [whoa]! That’s my danger! ❋ Katieanne (2007)
you know why its called a danger?
it makes all [the good] [ol] boys say «[dang]» ❋ Brandon Paul (2007)
[Danger Danger’s] two best songs are [Naughty] Naughty and [Bang Bang] ❋ Shadesgordon (2011)
I am not [in danger], [Skyler]. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. [I am the one who knocks]! ❋ Ts16 (2022)
[oy] chief can you do my [uni] work for me? [yeah No] danger chief ❋ Jay_lufc (2006)
[You’re] [in danger]. Start [running]. ❋ Kermitthefrog55 (2023)
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“[you’re] so dangerous” ❋ Dangerouswoman123876 (2021)
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).[1] Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
- Hyphenation: dan‧ger
- Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers)
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
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There’s plenty of danger in the desert.
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1821, William Hazlitt, “Essay IX. The Indian Jugglers.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume I, London: John Warren, […], →OCLC, page 187:
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Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.
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- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
- 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- (obsolete) Mischief.
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1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with.
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- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase «at danger»).
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The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
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- (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone’s dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one’s danger, below.
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c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 180:
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You stand within his danger, do you not?
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1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
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Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.
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- (obsolete) Liability.
- (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
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1500, Melusine:
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They of Coloyne made grete daunger to lete passe the oost thrughe the Cite at brydge.
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1570, A. Dalaber, J. Foxe Actes & Monuments:
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I made daunger of it a while at first, but afterward beyng persuaded by them..I promised to do as they would haue me.
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1652, John Fletcher, The Wild-Goose Chase:
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I shall make danger, sure.
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Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:danger
Derived terms[edit]
- a danger foreseen is half avoided
- danger area
- danger in delay
- danger is one’s middle name
- danger money
- danger noodle
- danger pay
- danger signal
- danger space
- danger zone
- danger-signal
- gap of danger
- in danger
- kicking in danger
- signal passed at danger
- stranger danger
Translations[edit]
exposure to likely harm
- Afrikaans: gevaar
- Albanian: rrezik (sq) m
- Arabic: خَطَر m (ḵaṭar)
- Egyptian Arabic: خطر m (ḵaṭar)
- Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang)
- Assamese: বিপদ (bipod)
- Asturian: peligru m
- Azerbaijani: təhlükə (az)
- Basque: arrisku
- Belarusian: небяспе́ка f (njebjaspjéka)
- Bengali: বিপদ (bn) (bipod)
- Bulgarian: опа́сност (bg) f (opásnost)
- Burmese: ဘယာ (my) (bha.ya), ဘေး (my) (bhe:), အန္တရာယ် (my) (anta.ray)
- Catalan: perill (ca) m
- Chechen: кхерам (qeram)
- Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏰᎩ (ganiyegi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 危險／危险 (ngai4 him2)
- Mandarin: 危險／危险 (zh) (wēixiǎn)
- Chukchi: гыаргыргын (gyargyrgyn)
- Classical Nahuatl: ohuihcāyōtl
- Czech: nebezpečí (cs) n
- Danish: fare (da) c
- Dutch: gevaar (nl) n
- Esperanto: danĝero
- Estonian: oht (et), hädaoht
- Faroese: vandi m
- Finnish: vaara (fi), uhka (fi)
- French: danger (fr) m, péril (fr)
- Friulian: pericul m
- Galician: perigo (gl) m
- Georgian: საფრთხე (saprtxe)
- German: Gefahr (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 f (bireikei), 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (sleiþei)
- Greek: κίνδυνος (el) m (kíndynos)
- Ancient: κίνδυνος m (kíndunos)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Haitian Creole: danje
- Hebrew: סַכָּנָה (he) f (sakaná)
- Hindi: जोखिम (hi) m (jokhim), ख़तरा m (xatrā), विपदा (hi) f (vipdā), प्रमाद (hi) m (pramād), संकट (hi) m (saṅkaṭ), विपत्ति (hi) f (vipatti), खतरा (hi) m (khatrā)
- Hungarian: veszély (hu)
- Icelandic: hætta (is) f
- Ido: danjero (io)
- Igbo: itu egwu
- Indonesian: bahaya (id)
- Ingush: кхерам (qeram)
- Irish: contúirt f, dainséar m
- Italian: pericolo (it) m
- Japanese: 危険 (ja) (きけん, kiken)
- Javanese: bebaya
- Kannada: ಕುತ್ತ (kn) (kutta)
- Kazakh: қауіп (kk) (qauıp), қатер (qater), қауіптілік (qauıptılık)
- Khmer: គ្រោះថ្នាក់ (km) (krŭəh thnak)
- Kikuyu: ũgwati class 14
- Korean: 위험(危險) (ko) (wiheom)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: talûke (ku)
- Kyrgyz: коркунуч (ky) (korkunuç)
- Ladin: pericul m
- Ladino: perikolo m
- Lao: ອັນຕະຣາຽ (ʼan ta rāi), ອັນຕະລາຍ (ʼan ta lāi)
- Latin: periculum (la) n
- Latvian: briesmas m, bīstamība f
- Lithuanian: pavojus m
- Macedonian: опасност f (opasnost)
- Malay: bahaya (ms)
- Malayalam: ആപത്ത് (ml) (āpattŭ), അപായം (ml) (apāyaṃ)
- Maltese: periklu
- Maori: tatamate
- Middle English: peril, danger, dred
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: аюул (mn) (ajuul), зэтгэр (zetger)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fare (no) m
- Occitan: perilh (oc) m
- Old English: frēcennes f
- Old Saxon: fāra f, fār m or f, gifār n
- Oromo: balaa
- Pashto: خطر (ps) m (xatár)
- Persian: خطر (fa) (xatar)
- Plautdietsch: Jefoa f
- Polish: niebezpieczeństwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: perigo (pt) m
- Romanian: pericol (ro) n, primejdie (ro) f
- Romansch: privel m, prighel m, prievel m
- Russian: опа́сность (ru) f (opásnostʹ)
- Saho: siraye
- Sanskrit: त्यजस् (sa) n (tyajas)
- Sardinian: perículu, perígulu, pirígulu
- Scottish Gaelic: cunnart m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: опа́сно̄ст f
- Roman: opásnōst (sh) f
- Sicilian: pirìculu (scn), perìculu (scn), prìculu (scn)
- Sinhalese: අන්ත්රාව (antrāwa)
- Slovak: nebezpečie n
- Slovene: nevarnost (sl) f
- Somali: khatar
- Spanish: peligro (es) m
- Swahili: hatari (sw)
- Swedish: fara (sv) c
- Tagalog: panganib (tl)
- Tajik: хатар (tg) (xatar), хавф (tg) (xavf)
- Tamil: அபாயம் (ta) (apāyam), ஆபத்து (ta) (āpattu)
- Tatar: куркыныч (qurkınıç)
- Telugu: ప్రమాదము (te) (pramādamu)
- Thai: อันตราย (th) (an-dtà-raai)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Tocharian A: sanu
- Tocharian B: ñyātse
- Turkish: tehlike (tr)
- Turkmen: howp, hovp
- Tuvan: айыыл (ayııl)
- Ukrainian: небезпе́ка f (nebezpéka)
- Urdu: جوکھم m (jokhim), خطرہ m (xatra)
- Uyghur: خەتەر (xeter)
- Uzbek: xatar (uz), xavflilik (uz)
- Venetian: pericoło m, pericol, pericolo, perigoło
- Vietnamese: nguy hiểm (vi) (危險)
- Volapük: pölig
- Walloon: dandjî (wa) m
- Welsh: perygl (cy) m, peryglau m pl
- Xhosa: ingozi
- Yiddish: געפאַר f (gefar)
- Zulu: ingozi (zu)
instance or cause of liable harm
- Arabic: خَطَر m (ḵaṭar)
- Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang), սպառնալիք (hy) (spaṙnalikʿ)
- Asturian: peligru m
- Belarusian: небяспе́ка f (njebjaspjéka), пагро́за f (pahróza)
- Bulgarian: запла́ха (bg) f (zapláha), опа́сност (bg) f (opásnost)
- Czech: nebezpečí (cs) n
- Danish: fare (da) c
- Dutch: gevaar (nl) n, bedreiging (nl) f
- Finnish: uhka (fi), vaara (fi)
- French: danger (fr) m
- Galician: perigo (gl) m
- German: Gefahr (de) f, Bedrohung (de) f
- Greek: κίνδυνος (el) m (kíndynos)
- Haitian Creole: danje
- Hebrew: סַכָּנָה (he) f (sakana)
- Hindi: परेशानी (hi) f (pareśānī)
- Ido: danjero (io)
- Indonesian: bahaya (id)
- Irish: contúirt f, dainséar m
- Italian: pericolo (it) m
- Javanese: bebaya
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پەرێشان (perêşan)
- Maori: mōreareatanga
- Old English: frēcennes f
- Plautdietsch: Jefoa f
- Polish: zagrożenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: perigo (pt) m
- Romanian: pericol (ro) n
- Russian: опа́сность (ru) f (opásnostʹ), угро́за (ru) f (ugróza)
- Scottish Gaelic: cunnart m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: опасност f
- Roman: opasnost (sh) f
- Swahili: hatari (sw)
- Swedish: fara (sv) c
- Turkish: tehlike (tr)
- Ukrainian: небезпе́ка f (nebezpéka), загро́за f (zahróza)
Translations to be checked
- French: (3) (please verify) danger (fr) m, (6) (please verify) risque (fr) m
- Hebrew: (please verify) לסכן (lesaken) (2)
- Icelandic: (please verify) hætta (is)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: (3) (please verify) xeter (ku) f, (3) (please verify) talûke (ku) f, (3) (please verify) bive (ku) f, (3) (please verify) gef (ku) f, (3) (please verify) rîsk (ku) f
- Lithuanian: (3) (please verify) pavojus m
- Norwegian: (please verify) fare (no)
Verb[edit]
danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)
- (obsolete) To claim liability.
- (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
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c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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The sides o’th’ world may danger. Much is breeding
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- (obsolete) To run the risk.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:danger.
[edit]
- dangerous
- at danger
- SPAD
- dungeon
- domain
- dame
- endanger
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “danger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams[edit]
- Gander, Garden, gander, garden, grande, graned, nadger, ranged
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)), from Vulgar Latin *domniārium (“authority, power”), from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /dɑ̃.ʒe/
Noun[edit]
danger m (plural dangers)
- danger
- jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
Derived terms[edit]
- danger public
- dangereux
- en danger
- hors de danger
- non-assistance à personne en danger
Descendants[edit]
- → Esperanto: danĝero
Further reading[edit]
- “danger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
- de rang, grande
dan·ger
(dān′jər)
n.
1. Exposure or vulnerability to harm or risk.
2. A source or an instance of risk or peril.
3. Obsolete Power, especially power to harm.
[Middle English daunger, power, dominion, peril, from Old French dangier, from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium, authority, power, from Latin dominium, sovereignty, from dominus, lord, master; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
danger
(ˈdeɪndʒə)
n
1. the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
2. a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
3. obsolete power
4. in danger of liable to
5. (Medicine) on the danger list critically ill in hospital
[C13: daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum]
ˈdangerless adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
dan•ger
(ˈdeɪn dʒər)
n.
1. liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
2. an instance or cause of peril; menace.
3. Obs. power; jurisdiction; domain.
[1175–1225; < Old French dangier, alter. of dongier (by influence of dam damage) < Vulgar Latin *domniārium= Latin domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary]
syn: danger, hazard, peril imply harm that one may encounter. danger is the general word for liability to injury or harm, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. hazard suggests a danger that one can often foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. peril usu. denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Danger
- (His presence was) a foreboding, or dismal signal, like drawn blinds —Elizabeth Taylor
- Dangerous as a gift from an enemy —Anon
A twist on the Danish proverb “Gifts from enemies are dangerous.”
- Dangerous as cocaine —Pietro Mascagni
The danger being described is modern music.
- (I feel so many) dangers gathering round, like shadows —Davis Grubb
- Feel as though I’m dancing on a volcano —Rita Mae Brown
- Felt as if they were about to dive onto a postage stamp from the top of the Eiffel Tower —Fred Taylor
- (One’s life) hangs perilously in danger, like ripe fruit on a thin branch —Stephen Longstreet
- Hazardous as sand traps for golfers —Anon
- It [the need to risk] was like statistics or gambling; you had to compute probabilities —Mary McCarthy
In her novel, A Charmed Life, McCarthy expands on her simile with this sentence: “And there was always the unforeseen, the little thing you overlooked that would catch you up in the end.”
- The menace (of insanity) is like a warder, restricting my freedom of mind —Richard Maynard
- (His) menaces … idle as the wind —W. S. Gilbert
- Menacing as a fury —Natascha Wodin
- Ominous and dark as the hour before a storm —Gerald Kersh
- Ominous, like waves in a gathering mid-Atlantic storm —Anon
- Rode precariously, like high-wire artists —Ross Macdonald
- Safe as a cow in a stockyard —Anon
- Safe as a mouse in cheese —John Ray’s Proverbs
- The safe earth … grew narrow as a grave —Phyllis Bottome
- There was a feeling like a concussion in the air —Eudora Welty
- This faint shadow [of danger] lay upon his life … as discreetly as the shadow of cancer lies among cells —Thomas McGuane
- Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile —Winston Churchill
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Danger
(See also PRECARIOUSNESS, PREDICAMENT, RISK, VULNERABILITY.)
beware the ides of March See SUPERSTITION.
cat ice Flimsy ground, precarious condition. Cat ice is extremely thin ice formed on shallow water which has since receded. It owes its name to the belief that it could not support even the weight of a cat. The phrase has been in use since 1884.
nourish a snake in one’s bosom To show kindness to one who proves ungrateful. The allusion is to the Aesop fable in which a farmer, finding a snake frozen stiff with cold, placed it in his bosom. The snake, thawed by the warmth, quickly revived and inflicted a fatal bite on its benefactor.
I fear me you but warm the starved snake,
Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts.
(Shakespeare, II Henry VI, III, i)
snake in the grass A sneak, dastard, skulker; a suspicious, treacherous, or disingenuous person; a traitor or craven; any lurking danger. This expression is derived from a line in Virgil’s Third Eclogue (approx. 40 B.c.), Latet anguis in herba ‘a snake lurks in the grass,’ alluding to the potential danger posed by a poisonous snake that is hidden in the grass as if in ambush.
There is a snake in the grass and the design is mischievous. (Thomas Hearne, Remarks and Collections, 1709)
sword of Damocles The threat of impending danger or doom; also Damocles’ sword.
Little do directors and their companies know of this sword of Damocles that hangs over them. (Law Times, 1892)
The allusion is to the sycophant Damocles, invited by Dionysius of Syracuse to a lavish banquet. But Damocles could not enjoy the sumptuous feast because Dionysius had had suspended over his head a sword hanging by a single hair. He dared not move lest the sword fall and kill him. See also hang by a thread, PRECARIOUSNESS.
Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  danger — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; «you are in no danger»; «there was widespread danger of disease»
condition, status — a state at a particular time; «a condition (or state) of disrepair»; «the current status of the arms negotiations» clear and present danger — a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; «no one has a right to shout `fire’ in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety» hazardousness, perilousness — the state of being dangerous insecurity — the state of being subject to danger or injury riskiness, peril — a state of danger involving risk vulnerability, exposure — the state of being vulnerable or exposed; «his vulnerability to litigation»; «his exposure to ridicule» safety — the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; «insure the safety of the children»; «the reciprocal of safety is risk» |
| 2. | danger — a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; «he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime»; «there was a danger he would do the wrong thing»
risk, peril venture — any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome chance — a risk involving danger; «you take a chance when you let her drive» crapshoot — a risky and uncertain venture; «getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot» gamble — a risky act or venture |
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| 3. | danger — a cause of pain or injury or loss; «he feared the dangers of traveling by air»
causal agency, causal agent, cause — any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk — a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; «drinking alcohol is a health hazard» powder keg — a potentially explosive state menace, threat — something that is a source of danger; «earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan» |
|
| 4. | danger — a dangerous place; «He moved out of danger»
area, country — a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); «it was a mountainous area»; «Bible country» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
danger
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
danger
noun
Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
nebezpečí
fare
vaarauhka
opasnost
veszély
bahaya
hættahættu
危険
위험
grėsmė
briesmasdraudi
nevarnost
fara
อันตราย
sự nguy hiểm
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
danger
n
“danger” → „Achtung, Lebensgefahr!“; (Mot) → „Gefahrenstelle“; “danger, high-tension cables” → „Achtung, Hochspannung!“; “danger, ice” → „Glatteisgefahr“; “danger, keep out” → „Zutritt verboten, Lebensgefahr!“; the signal was at danger (Rail) → das Signal stand auf Rot
danger
:
danger
:
danger point
n → Gefahrengrenze f; to reach danger → die Gefahrengrenze erreichen
danger signal
n (lit, fig) → Warnsignal nt; (Rail) → Deckungssignal nt → vor Gefahr (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
danger
[ˈdeɪndʒəʳ]
2. adj (zone, sign) → di pericolo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
danger
(ˈdeindʒə) noun
1. something that may cause harm or injury. The canal is a danger to children.
2. a state or situation in which harm may come to a person or thing. He is in danger; The bridge is in danger of collapse.
ˈdangerous adjective
very unsafe and likely to be the cause of danger. a dangerous road; a dangerous enemy.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
danger
→ خَطَر nebezpečí fare Gefahr κίνδυνος peligro vaara danger opasnost pericolo 危険 위험 gevaar fare niebezpieczeństwo perigo опасность fara อันตราย tehlike sự nguy hiểm 危险
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
danger
n. peligro, riesgo;
v.
to be in ___ → correr ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Is there a danger of avalanches?
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DANGER
Daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
PRONUNCIATION OF DANGER
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DANGER
Danger is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES DANGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of danger in the English dictionary
The definition of danger in the dictionary is the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk. Other definition of danger is a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DANGER
Synonyms and antonyms of danger in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «DANGER»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «danger» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «danger» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF DANGER
Find out the translation of danger to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of danger from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «danger» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
危险
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
peligro
570 millions of speakers
English
danger
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
खतरा
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
خَطَر
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
опасность
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
perigo
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
ঝুঁকি
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
danger
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Bahaya
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Gefahr
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
危険
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
위험
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Bebaya
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
sự nguy hiểm
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
ஆபத்து
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
धोक्याची
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
Tehlike
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
pericolo
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
niebezpieczeństwo
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
небезпека
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
pericol
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
κίνδυνος
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
gevaar
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
fara
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
fare
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of danger
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DANGER»
The term «danger» is very widely used and occupies the 7.000 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DANGER» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about danger
10 QUOTES WITH «DANGER»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word danger.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
If I’m in danger then it’s usually my fault and it’s up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
I remember when we were doing the first Dragon’s Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.
Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or their color. But since the undefined masses involved in these movements lack the essential and real unity of background or community of purpose, they become a grave danger to general peace.
There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANGER»
Discover the use of danger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to danger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A collection of facts and statistics about dangerous and/or nasty things in nature, on the Earth, in space, the human body, science, places, sports, culture, and the past.
2
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and …
In 1995 the book was included among the Times Literary Supplement’s hundred most influential non-fiction works since WWII.
Introduces the nature and effects of alcohol and describes what happens when it is abused.
4
Flirting with Danger: Young Women’s Reflections on Sexuality …
Based on a broad range of conceptual, political, and down-to-earth viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how the bathroom—as a practical matter—reveals competing visions of pollution, danger and distinction.
With his grandfather badly hurt in an accident on their ranch and the rest of the family in town, a young boy must go get help at the height of a blizzard, even though there is a panther prowling in the area.
6
Danger!: True Stories of Trouble and Survival
Twenty-eight travelers share stories involving danger from war, urban violence, disease, wild animals, and outlaws
James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Seán O’Reilly, 1999
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
8
Danger!: A children’s book about handling fear, dangerous …
Discusses how to handle fear and presents guidelines for safely dealing with dangerous things, places, and situations.
9
Sex & Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and …
In Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires these questions combine with particular force. During most of the time covered in this provocative book, from the late nineteenth century well into the twentieth, prostitution was legal in Argentina.
Hidden away in the witness protection program, Sara is falling in love with former pro football player Adam Black, which is something that could get her killed.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANGER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term danger is used in the context of the following news items.
My life is in danger — Blade
Johannesburg — SA Communist Party secretary Blade Nzimande told delegates at the party’s special national congress on Wednesday that his … «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Ian Bell is in danger of regressing with England… his next few Ashes …
Now, he is in danger of regressing. Dropped from the one-day team after England’s diabolical World Cup, he was then stripped of the Test … «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Mailbag: How undefeated Ohio State could end up in playoff danger
One quick note before we get to this week’s Mailbag questions. If you’re on Facebook and would like some college football articles to break up … «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
A Number review – Caryl Churchill explores the danger of artificial …
But, just as in The Skriker and Far Away, she deals with ecological catastrophe and here memorably implies that scientific progress is in danger … «The Guardian, Jul 15»
The lure of a ring brings Davis back to Danger
For The Independent/Jimmy Rash, file The Nebraska Danger’s Adrian Davis (right) sacks Tri-Cities Fever quarterback Dante Warren (5) in the … «Grand Island Independent, Jul 15»
Les Leyne: Little progress in fire-danger reduction
It was also critical of local communities and individual property owners, saying the FireSmart principles that would ease the danger (move … «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
BLACK ICE DANGER
BLACK ICE DANGER Black ice remains the biggest issue in wintry Christchurch as contractors lay grit in traffic hotspots. Christchurch Transport … «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 15»
US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China
US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China. BY Zachary Warmbrodt. But Treasury Secretary ….. US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China … «Politico, Jul 15»
Glass sponge reefs in danger of shattering
Glass Sponge Reefs are in danger of becoming extinct due to their fragility and lack of regulations protecting them from fisherman trawling … «Prince Rupert Northern View, Jul 15»
Title X, the Federal Family Planning Program, Is in Danger
Title X provides family planning and reproductive health services to low-income women. (Photo: Getty Images/Laura Johansen). While the … «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
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Britannica Dictionary definition of DANGER
1
a
[noncount]
:
the possibility that you will be hurt or killed
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I was unaware of the danger that lay ahead.
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She was fearless in the face of danger.
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None of us had any real sense of danger. [=we did not think that we might be hurt or killed]
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It was a journey fraught with danger. [=a very dangerous journey]
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Patients need to be informed about the danger posed by the drug. [=about the ways the drug could possibly hurt them]
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The sign on the door read “Danger. Keep out.”
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Their lives are in (grave/great/serious) danger.
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We’re not out of danger yet. [=there is still a chance that we could be hurt or killed]
b
:
the possibility that something unpleasant or bad will happen
[noncount]
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There’s less danger that you’ll lose your money if you have a wide variety of investments.
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We’re all in danger of losing our jobs. [=we may all lose our jobs]
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These animals are in danger of becoming extinct. = They are in danger of extinction.
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(humorous) Don’t worry about being ready for us by noon. There’s no danger [=no chance] that we’ll actually be there on time.
[singular]
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There’s a danger that your apology will be taken as a sign of weakness.
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The danger is that we’ll become careless as the process becomes more familiar.
◊ A danger zone is a place or situation in which you may be hurt or killed or in which something unpleasant or bad may happen.
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The doctor warned that too much exertion could push my heart rate into the danger zone.
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The houses are in a danger zone for wildfires. [=an area in which wildfires sometimes happen]
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[count]
:
a person or thing that is likely to cause injury, pain, harm, or loss
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It’s important to teach your children about the dangers of smoking.
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Here is a list of possible dangers associated with the procedure.
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We believe it poses a serious danger to our national security.
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He is a danger to himself and others. [=he might hurt himself and other people]