Definitions for threatened
threat·ened

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. threatenedadjective

   (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

   "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. threatenedadjective

   At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

2. threatenedadjective

   Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. threatened

   Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to extinction in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of critical depensation, a mathematical measure of biomass related to population growth rate. This quantitative metric is one method of evaluating the degree of endangerment.

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1. threatened

   Threatened refers to a person, animal, plant, or even environment that is at risk, endangered, or in some kind of danger from potential harm or adverse effect. It can also relate to a feeling of being vulnerable to emotional or physical danger or harm. In biology and ecology, "threatened" is a term used to describe species that are likely to become endangered in the near future.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Threatened

   of Threaten

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1. Threatened

   US federal protection designation = Threatened.

Matched Categories

1. • Flora

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2747

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4431

How to pronounce threatened?

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

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say threatened in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of threatened in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of threatened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of threatened in a Sentence

1. Hami Aksoy:

   The claims in the report about Syrians being forcibly sent back, threatened and mistreated are false and imaginary, our country is reiterating at every opportunity that the return of migrants needs to be done voluntarily and safely, and that this process must be carried out in line with international laws.

2. Victor Frankl:

   There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity to become molded into the form of the typical inmate.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I am confident once again we will choose resolve over fear, and we will defeat these new enemies just as we have defeated those who have threatened us in the past, because it is not enough to contain ISIS -- we must defeat ISIS.

4. Fawaz Gerges:

   There's been the idea that ISIS is a bigger challenge for Iran and its allies than it is for the Arab states, even though this feeling is changing now, iSIS has threatened not only Iran and the [Shia]-dominated regimes in Iraq and Syria but even the Sunni-dominated Arab states.

5. Vernon A. Walters:

   Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=threatened
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Threatened
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatened
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threatened
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=threatened