Definitions for threatened
threat·ened

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1. threatened(adj)

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

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

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1. threatened(Adjective)

   At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

2. threatened(Adjective)

   Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

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1. Threatened

   of Threaten

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1. Threatened

   US federal protection designation = Threatened.

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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Muhammad Musri:

   We are tremendously threatened.

2. Elliott Abrams:

   We have not threatened military action.

3. Keryn Redstone:

   Shari erupted and threatened to kill me.

4. Vassily Nebenzia:

   Russia is being unpardonably threatened.

5. Rodolphe Debord:

   These are extremely rare, threatened monkeys.

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