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danger

[ deyn-jer ]
/ ˈdeɪn dʒər /
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noun

liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
an instance or cause of peril; menace.
Obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain.

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Origin of danger

1175–1225; Middle English da(u)nger<Anglo-French; Old French dangier, alteration of dongier (by influence of damdamage) <Vulgar Latin *domniārium, equivalent to Latin domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neuter of -ārius-ary

synonym study for danger

1. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM danger

dan·ger·less, adjectivesu·per·dan·ger, noun

Words nearby danger

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Words related to danger

peril, risk, probability, exposure, insecurity, jeopardy, uncertainty, emergency, possibility, threat, vulnerability, instability, menace, crisis, pitfall, precariousness, venture, exigency, precipice, endangerment

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British Dictionary definitions for danger

danger
/ (ˈdeɪndʒə) /

noun

the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
obsolete power
in danger of liable to
on the danger list critically ill in hospital

Derived forms of danger

dangerless, adjective

Word Origin for danger

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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