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

   US English

   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. Jaroslaw Kaczynski:

   It is my obligation to my mother and my brother to seek to change Poland with all my strength, to fix what is wrong here. It is also my duty towards Poland, we will continue all of our efforts, from trying to uncover the truth about the Smolensk tragedy to defending democracy which is threatened by the current rule and to combating the de-christianisation (of Poland).

2. Christian Walker:

   You’re not a ‘ family man ’ when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence, i've stayed silent for nearly two years as my whole life has been lied about publicly. I did ONE campaign event, then said I didn't want involvement.

3. Anatoly Antonov:

   A pre-designed scenario is being implemented, again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris.

4. Prosecutor Jason McCullough:

   In that moment, some battle lines were drawn. President Donald Trump was for Proud Boys, and Joe Biden was for antifa, the defendants ’ mission threatened the very foundations of Proud Boys leaders government.

5. United States:

   In Fiji, we are not threatened by geopolitical competition, we have to adapt how we work and who we work with to achieve stability.

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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