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Meaning of danger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)

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

Afrikaans gevaar
العربية الخطر تهلكة خطر غرر
Azərbaycanca təhlükə
Беларуская небяспека пагроза
Български запла́ха опасност
বাংলা বিপদ
Català perill
Cymraeg perygl
Dansk fare
Deutsch Bedrohung Gefahr Gefährdung Tücke
Ελληνικά κίνδυνος
Esperanto danĝero
Español discrimen peligro
Eesti hädaoht oht
Euskara arrisku
Français danger péril
Gàidhlig cunnart
Galego perigo
עברית סכנה
Magyar veszély
Bahasa Indonesia bahaya mara
Íslenska hætta
Italiano pericolo
日本語 危険 物騒
ქართული საფრთხე
한국어 위해 위험 험악
Kurdî tehlîke
Кыргызча коркунуч
Latina periculum
Lietuvių pavojus
Latviešu briesmas
Македонски опасност
മലയാളം അപായം ആപത്ത്
Монгол аюул
Bahasa Melayu bahaya
Malti periklu
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဘယာ ဘေး အန္တရာယ်
Nederlands bedreiging gevaar
Português perigo
Română pericol primejdie
සිංහල අන්ත්‍රාව
Shqip rrezik
Српски hatar опасност
Svenska fara farlighet
Kiswahili hatari
తెలుగు ప్రమాదము
Türkmençe hatar howp
Tagalog panganib
Türkçe sakınca tehlike
ئۇيغۇرچە خەتەر
اردو جوکھم خطرہ
Oʻzbekcha xatar xavflilik
IsiXhosa ingozi
IsiZulu ingozi

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"”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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