Definition for: danger

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English

Etymology

From Latin dominium through Middle English daunger and Anglo-French dangier

Pronunciation

• IPA: /deɪn.ʤə/ ( RP )
• IPA: ˈdeɪndʒɝ ( US )

Noun

danger ( plural dangers )

1. (Obsolete): Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below.

   "You stand within his danger , do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice , 4:1:180)

2. (Obsolete): Difficulty; sparingness.
3. (Obsolete): Coyness; disdainful behavior.
4. (Obsolete): A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
5. Exposure to liable harm.

   " Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (Hazlitt, Table talk ).

6. An instance or cause of liable harm.

   "Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" ( Times , 5 Sept. 3/2).

7. Mischief.

   "We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar , 2:1:17).

Verb

to danger ( third-person singular simple present dangers , present participle dangering , simple past dangered , past participle dangered )

1. (Obsolete): To claim liability.
2. (Obsolete): To imperil.
3. (Obsolete): To run the risk.

Related terms

• dungeon
• domain
• dame

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary

Other Translations for "danger"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		danger
Hex		e4 e1 ee e7 65 72
Pig Latin		angerday

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