jeopardy

[ jep-er-dee ]

/ ˈdʒɛp ər di /

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noun, plural jeop·ard·ies.

hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.

peril or danger: The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.

Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.

Nearby words

jensenism, jeon, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardous, jeopardy, jephthah, jequirity, jequitinhonha, jequié, jer

Origin of jeopardy

1200–50; Middle English j(e)uparti, joupardi(e), j(e)upardi(e) < Anglo-French, Old French: literally, divided game or play, hence, uncertain chance, problem (in chess or love), equivalent to j(e)u play, game (< Latin jocus joke) + parti, past participle of partir to divide; see party

ANTONYMS FOR jeopardy

1, 2 security.

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1, 2. See danger.

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Examples from the Web for jeopardy

I wish there were nothing for me to do but to take my Jeopardy!
From Socially Isolated Nerd to Jeopardy! Bad Boy: A Thank You Note|Arthur Chu|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the semifinals, she was in a peculiar position for someone of Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The processing errors of her mind manifested in a few debilitating ways: Her wagers, written with Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They banter with Alex Trebek and tell stories of life after Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The one sticking point was, of course, that my D-list viral celebrity as a Jeopardy!
Men Without a Country: Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, My Father and Me|Arthur Chu|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His extravagance, of course, required increased taxation, and his capricious cruelty put every mans life in jeopardy.
Under Csars' Shadow|Henry Francis Colby
Two men had perished in it; and two others had been so severely wounded as to put their lives in jeopardy.
Within an Inch of His Life|Emile Gaboriau
Our lives were in jeopardy, and they came very near burning down the premises.
By Canoe and Dog-Train|Egerton Ryerson Young
By the second clause his property would be placed in jeopardy to protect the carelessness or incompetence of others, aliens all.
El Diablo|Brayton Norton
Johnson says of jeopardy that it is a word not now in use; which certainly is not any longer true.
English Past and Present|Richard Chevenix Trench

British Dictionary definitions for jeopardy

jeopardy

/ (ˈdʒɛpədɪ) /

noun (usually preceded by in)

danger of injury, loss, death, etc; risk; peril; hazardhis health was in jeopardy

law danger of being convicted and punished for a criminal offenceSee also double jeopardy

Word Origin for jeopardy

C14: from Old French jeu parti, literally: divided game, hence uncertain issue, from jeu game, from Latin jocus joke, game + partir to divide, from Latin partīrī

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jeopardy

noun, plural jeop·ard·ies.

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