danger

Definitions

1. Exposure to likely harm; peril.
   countable, uncountable
2. An instance or cause of likely harm.
   countable, uncountable
3. Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury:endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk.
4. Mischief.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. very unsafe and likely to be the cause of danger. a dangerous road; a dangerous enemy. gevaarlik خَطِر опасен perigoso nebezpečný gefährlich farlig επικίνδυνοςpeligroso, arriesgado (häda)ohtlik خطرناک vaarallinen dangereuxמסוכן खतरनाक opasan veszélyes berbahaya hættulegur pericoloso 危い 위험한 pavojingas bīstams berbahaya gevaarlijkfarligniebezpieczny ویره بیره perigoso periculos опасный nebezpečný nevaren opasan farlig ซึ่งเป็นอันตราย tehlikeli 危險的 небезпечний, ризикований خطرناک ، مخدوش chính l...
6. The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
   countable, uncountable
7. Exposure or vulnerability to harm or risk.
8. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
9. A source or an instance of risk or peril.
10. Liability.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
11. Obsolete Power, especially power to harm.
    Obsolete
12. Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
14. A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
    UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable
15. a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
16. obsolete power
    obsolete
17. in danger of liable to
18. (Medicine) on the danger list critically ill in hospital

Equivalents

69 more languages

Afrikaansgevaar

العربيةالخطرتهلكةخطرغرر+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilitəhlükə

Беларускаянебяспекапагроза

Българскизапла́хаопасност

বাংলাবিপদ

Bosanskifarahataropasnostpogibaopogibeljгрозаопасност+ 4 more

Catalàperill

Češtinanebezpečíohrožení

Cymraegperygl

Danskfare

Ελληνικάκίνδυνος

Esperantodanĝero

Eestihädaohtoht

Euskaraarrisku

Suomiuhkavaaraväärä

Gaeilgecontúirtdainséar

Gàidhligaincheistcunnart

Galegoperigorisco

עבריתסכנה

हिन्दीअंदेशाआशंकाख़तराजोखिमपरेशानीप्रमादविपत्तिविभीषिकासंकट+ 6 more

Hrvatskifarahataropasnostpogibaopogibeljгрозаопасност+ 4 more

Magyarveszély

Հայերենսպառնալիքվտանգ

Bahasa Indonesiabahayamara

Íslenskahætta

Italianopericolo

日本語危危険物騒

ქართულისაფრთხე

Қазақ тіліқатерқауіпқауіптілік

ភាសាខ្មែរគ្រោះថ្នាក់អន្តរាយ

한국어위해위험험악

Kurdîtehlîke

Кыргызчакоркунуч

Latinacervixpericulum

ລາວອັນຕະລາຍ

Lietuviųpavojus

Latviešubriesmas

Македонскиопасност

മലയാളംഅപായംആപത്ത്

Монголаюул

Bahasa Melayubahaya

Maltiperiklu

မြန်မာဘယာဘေးအန္တရာယ်

Nederlandsbedreiginggevaar

Polskigroźbakłopotniebezpieczeństwozagrożenie+ 1 more

Portuguêsperigo

Românăpericolprimejdie

РусскийОпасностьугроза

සිංහලඅන්ත්‍රාව

Shqiprrezik

Српскиfarahataropasnostpogibaopogibeljгрозаопасност+ 4 more

Sesothokotsi

Svenskafarafarlighet

Kiswahilihatari

தமிழ்அபாயம்ஆபத்து

తెలుగుప్రమాదము

ไทยภยันตรายอันตรายโทษ

Türkmençehatarhowp

Tagalogpanganib

Setswanakotsi

Türkçesakıncatehlike

ئۇيغۇرچەخەتەر

Українськагрозазагрозанебезпека

اردوجوکھمخطرہ

O'zbekchaxatarxavflilik

Tiếng Việthiểm hoạhiểm nguynguy hiểm

isiXhosaingozi

isiZuluingozi

Examples

“There's plenty of danger in the desert.”

“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.”

“The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye. The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly⟳. Danger is his business.”

“We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience⟳, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash⟳ adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.”

“Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move⟳ towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place⟳ yourself in danger to protect⟳ others.”

“1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.”

“We put⟳ a Sting⟳ in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with.”

“The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.”

“You stand⟳ within his danger, do you not?”

“Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.”

“Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.”

“They of Coloyne made grete daunger to lete passe the oost thrughe the Cite at brydge.”

“I made daunger of it a while at first, but afterward beyng persuaded by them..I promised to do as they would haue me.”

“I shall make⟳ danger, sure.”

“Pineapple and pizza. ONLY JOKING YOU FUCKING DANGER.”

“Why did the chicken cross the road? "To try⟳ and get⟳ away from you, you absolute danger. I've heard all about you posh boy Etonians and farmyard animals"”

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