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danger

[deyn-jer]

noun

  1. liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.

  2. an instance or cause of peril; menace.

  3. Obsolete.power; jurisdiction; domain.



danger

/ ˈɪԻə /

noun

  1. the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk

  2. a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc

  3. obsoletepower

  4. liable to

  5. critically ill in hospital

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dangerless adjective
  • superdanger noun
  • ˈ岹Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of danger1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English da(u)nger, from Anglo-French, Old French dangier, alteration of dongier (by influence of dam damage ), from Vulgar Latin dzԾܳ (unrecorded), equivalent to Latin domini(um) dominion + (neuter of -ary )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of danger1

C13: daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum
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Synonym Study

Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril. Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation: To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.
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Darcy is autistic, with epilepsy and dysphasia, which makes it difficult for her to talk, and also has no sense of danger.

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But what confronts Labour might have most of us hiding under the duvet, and the sheer number of dangers seems to be multiplying.

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The aspiring costume designer came to the market with an out-of-town friend despite her father’s warning against the neighborhood’s dangers given the protests.

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"There's this phrase you hear occasionally, that the danger is on our doorstep. Well, it's a big doorstep if that is true… Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney."

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Heston's diagnosis came only after he became a danger to himself - hallucinations, paranoia, and eventually a call from his wife to emergency services.

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