Definitions for dangerˈdeɪn dʒər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dan•ger*ˈdeɪn dʒər(n.)
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
an instance or cause of peril; menace.
Obs. power; jurisdiction; domain.
* 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.
Origin of danger:
1175–1225; < OF dangier, alter. of dongier (by influence of damdamage ) < VL *domniārium= L domini(um)dominion+-ārium, neut. of -ārius -ary
Princeton's WordNet
danger(noun)
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
"you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
risk, peril, danger(noun)
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"
danger(noun)
a cause of pain or injury or loss
"he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
danger(noun)
a dangerous place
"He moved out of danger"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
danger(noun)ˈdeɪn dʒər
a situation in which physical harm could occur
Danger! Falling Rocks.; Doctors say her life is in danger.; the dangers of living in the wilderness; glad to be out of danger
dangerˈdeɪn dʒər
the possibility of problems
the danger that people will misunderstand; She was in danger of losing all her money.
dangerˈdeɪn dʒər
sb or sth that can cause harm
Smoking is a danger to your health.; criminals who are dangers to society
Wiktionary
danger(Noun)
Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
"You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, 4:1:180)
danger(Noun)
Liability.
danger(Noun)
Difficulty; sparingness.
danger(Noun)
Coyness; disdainful behavior.
danger(Noun)
A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
danger(Noun)
Exposure to liable harm.
"Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (William Hazlitt, Table talk).
danger(Noun)
An instance or cause of liable harm.
"Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (Times, 5 Sept. 3/2).
danger(Noun)
Mischief.
"We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2:1:17).
danger(Verb)
To claim liability.
danger(Verb)
To imperil; to endanger.
danger(Verb)
To run the risk.
Webster Dictionary
Danger(noun)
authority; jurisdiction; control
Danger(noun)
power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty
Danger(noun)
exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity
Danger(noun)
difficulty; sparingness
Danger(noun)
coyness; disdainful behavior
Danger(verb)
to endanger
Translations for danger
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- gevaar, bedreigingAfrikaans

- خَطَرArabic

- опасностBulgarian

- perigoPortuguese (BR)

- nebezpečíCzech

- die GefahrGerman

- fareDanish

- κίνδυνος, απειλήGreek

- peligroSpanish

- hädaohtEstonian

- خطر؛ مخاطرهFarsi

- vaaran aiheuttajaFinnish

- dangerFrench

- מְסוּכַּןHebrew

- खतराHindi

- opasnostCroatian

- veszélyHungarian

- bahayaIndonesian

- hættaIcelandic

- pericoloItalian

- 危険Japanese

- 위험Korean

- pavojus, grėsmėLithuanian

- briesmas; draudiLatvian

- bahayaMalay

- gevaarDutch

- fareNorwegian

- zagrożeniePolish

- خطر؛ مخاطرهPersian

- خطر، وېره، بېره، ډارPashto

- perigoPortuguese

- pericolRomanian

- опасностьRussian

- nebezpečenstvoSlovak

- nevarnostSlovenian

- opasnostSerbian

- faraSwedish

- สิ่งที่ก่อให้เกิดอันตรายThai

- tehlikeTurkish

- 危險Chinese (Trad.)

- небезпека; ризикUkrainian

- نقصان یا چوٹ پہنچانے والی کوئی شیUrdu

- sự nguy hiểmVietnamese

- 危险Chinese (Simp.)

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