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danger definition

dan·ger (dān′jər)

noun

  1. liability to injury, damage, loss or pain; peril to live in constant danger
  2. a thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
  3. Obsolete power of a lord, esp. to harm

Etymology: ME daunger, power, domination, arrogance < OFr danger, absolute power of an overlord < VL *dominarium < L dominium, lordship < dominus, a master: see dominate

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danger Synonyms

danger

n.

risk, peril, jeopardy, threat, hazard, insecurity, uncertainty, instability, exposure, venture, destabilizing factor, menace, precariousness, vulnerability, slipperiness, shakiness, treacherousness, endangerment, emergency, crisis, exigency, predicament, precipice, thin ice*.

Antonyms safety*, security*, certainty.

danger is the general term for liability to injury or evil, of whatever degree or likelihood of occurrence the danger of falling on icy walks; peril suggests great and imminent danger in peril of death; jeopardy emphasizes exposure to extreme danger liberty is in jeopardy under tyrants; hazard implies a foreseeable but uncontrollable possibility of danger, but stresses the element of chance the hazards of hunting big game; risk implies the voluntary taking of a dangerous chance


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danger Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • frost: In colder areas do not prune untill all danger of frost is past.

Converse of object

  • pose: However, in certain documented situations, a CAT may pose a danger to the user.

Adjective modifier

  • imminent: Nor was there any medical evidence of imminent danger to his health.

Modifies a noun

  • zone: The goal is to get the dog out of the danger zone.

Noun used with modifier

  • avalanche: Beware of going into the Red Burn which has steep drops and possible avalanche danger.
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The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of Popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that theThames was thenoblest river in Europe; that London Bridge was a greater piece of work than any of the Seven Wonders of the World; with many other honest prejudices which naturally cleave to the heart of a true Englishman.

-Addison,Joseph

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger isalwaysthat hewill not recognize when he is dull.

-Auchincloss, Louis Stanton

A real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school, where a reasonable quantity of accomplishments were sold at a reasonable price, and where girlsmight be sent to be out of the wayand scramblethemselves into a little education, without any danger of coming back prodigies.

-Austen,Jane

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