jeopardy
Jeopardy is defined as danger or risk.
(noun)An example of jeopardy is risking your life when confronting a burglar in your house.
Jeopardy is the registered trademark owned by Jeopardy Productions for a popular U.S. television game show where contestants are shown answers and must then ask the correct question.
(noun)An example of Jeopardy is playing the game with categories like “Potent Potables.”
See jeopardy in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. jeopardies
- great danger; peril: to have one's life in jeopardy
- Law exposure to conviction and punishment; situation of an accused person on trial for a crime
Origin: ME jeuparti < OFr jeu parti, lit., a divided game, game with even chances < ML jocus partitus, an even chance, alternative < L jocus, a game, joke + pp. of partire, to divide: see part
See jeopardy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. jeop·ard·ies
- Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.
- Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English juperti
Origin: , from Old French jeu parti, even game, uncertainty
Origin: : jeu, game (from Latin iocus, joke, game; see yek- in Indo-European roots)
Origin: + parti
Origin: , past participle of partir, to divide (from Latin partīre, from pars, part-, part; see part)
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