Definitions for peril
ˈpɛr əlper·il

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangermentnoun

   a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

   "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

2. riskiness, perilnoun

   a state of danger involving risk

3. risk, peril, dangerverb

   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"

4. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

   pose a threat to; present a danger to

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"

5. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, perilverb

   put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. perilnoun

   A situation of serious and immediate danger.

2. perilnoun

   Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

   The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)

3. perilverb

   To cause to be in danger; to imperil.

4. Etymology: peril, from periculum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PERILnoun

   Etymology: peril, Fr. perikel, Dutch; periculum, Lat.

   1. Danger; hazard; jeopardy.

   Dear Pyrocles, be liberal unto me of those things, which have made you indeed precious to the world, and now doubt not to tell of your perils. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   How many perils do infold
   The righteous man to make him daily fall. Fairy Queen.

   In the act what perils shall we find,
   If either place, or time, or other course,
   Cause us to alter th’ order now assign’d. Daniel.

   The love and pious duty which you pay,
   Have pass’d the perils of so hard a way. Dryden.

   Strong, healthy and young people are more in peril by pestilential fevers, than the weak and old. Arbuthnot.

   2. Denunciation; danger denounced.

   I told her,
   On your displeasure’s peril,
   She should not visit you. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peril

   Imminent peril, or imminent danger, is an American legal concept where Imminent peril is "certain danger, immediate, and impending; menacingly close at hand, and threatening." In many states in the USA, a mere necessity for quick action does not constitute an emergency within the doctrine of imminent peril, where the situation calling for the action is one which should reasonably have been anticipated and which the person whose action is called for should have been prepared to meet; the doctrine of imminent peril does not excuse one who has brought about the peril by their own negligence.

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1. peril

   Peril is a serious and immediate danger or risk, often physical but can also refer to risks of different types such as financial, emotional, social or spiritual. It implies a threat or hazard that could potentially cause harm or loss.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perilnoun

   danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction

2. Perilverb

   to expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life

3. Perilverb

   to be in danger

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peril

   Peril were a Japanese/Australian industrial band operating throughout the early 1990s. Peril was founded by drummer Tony Buck and were active from 1992 to 1996. The music is mostly improvised with Buck’s drum-triggered samples providing a complex rhythmic base, over this is the turntablism/guitar of Otomo Yoshihide and other rock improvised elements from Michael Sheridan, Kato Hideki from Japan. Hideki was later replaced by Thierry Fossemalle for the band's second album. The group recorded and performed internationally throughout Europe and Asia. Their debut, self-titled album was released on the Dr Jim's label from Melbourne in 1993. "The music was the most extreme collage of styles and textures that I’ve ever been gloriously emersed in. The depth to which sounds were crossed made Zorn’s Naked City sound like a mere pit band."- Sheridan A second album, Multiverse was recorded in Holland between July and October 1993, and released in 1995 on the Sound Factory label from Hong Kong.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peril

   per′il, n. danger: a source of danger: exposure to danger.—v.t. to expose to danger:—pr.p. per′illing; pa.t. and pa.p. per′illed.—adj. Per′ilous, full of peril: dangerous.—adv. Per′ilously.—n. Per′ilousness. [Fr. péril—L. periculum.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peril

   Does not mean danger or hazard, but comprises such accidents as arise from the elements, and which could not be prevented by any care or skill of the master and crew. (See ACT OF GOD.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peril

   Instant or impending danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure to injury, loss, or destruction.

2. peril

   To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk, etc.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peril

   a danger or problem in a particular activity or situation

   1. They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends. 2. The economy is now in grave peril. 3. a voyage that was fraught with peril 4. the perils posed by mountaineering

   
   

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Anagrams for peril »

1. piler

2. plier

3. prile

How to pronounce peril?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say peril in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of peril in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of peril in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of peril in a Sentence

1. Jerome Schlichter:

   This is fraught with peril both for employees and companies that choose to do this, there's a reason private equity investments have been limited to wealthy, sophisticated investors. This is grafting a product that wasn't designed to be in the retirement plan of an average investor into those retirement plans.

2. Anthony Bourdain -LRB- left -RRB-:

   When someone you care about and respect, you see them struggle to go on the record — the incredible difficulty of going public about something, and the very real peril at the time — it changes you.

3. Larry Fink:

   Companies not adjusting to this new reality and responding to their workers do so at their own peril, turnover drives up expenses, drives down productivity and erodes culture and corporate memory. CEOs need to be asking themselves whether they are creating an environment that helps them compete for talent.

4. Harry S. Truman:

   When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril.

5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:

   The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peril
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Peril
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=peril
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peril
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peril
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=peril
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=peril
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=peril
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=peril