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Danger Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Danger? [n] a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [n] a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger" [n] the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [n] a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Danger: peril \| risk Related Terms \| Find terms related to Danger: dangerous ground \| desultoriness \| emergency \| exigency \| hazard \| in danger of \| infirmity \| insecurity \| insolidity \| instability \| insubstantiality \| jeopardy \| menace \| pass \| peril \| perilousness \| precariousness \| precipice \| risk \| riskiness \| shakiness \| shiftiness \| shiftingness \| slipperiness \| speculativeness \| thin ice \| threat \| ticklishness \| treacherousness \| treachery \| unauthenticity \| unauthoritativeness \| undependability \| unfaithworthiness \| unreliability \| unsolidity \| unsoundness \| unsteadfastness \| unsteadiness \| unsubstantiality \| unsureness \| untrustworthiness See Also \| area \| causal agency \| causal agent \| cause \| chance \| clear and present danger \| condition \| country \| exposure \| gamble \| hazard \| hazardousness \| insecurity \| jeopardy \| menace \| peril \| perilousness \| powder keg \| risk \| riskiness \| status \| threat \| venture \| vulnerability Danger In Webster's Dictionary \Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See {Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer. 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See {In one's danger}, below. You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak. Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, ``Out of debt out of danger.'' Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. \Dan"ger\, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak.

Danger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Danger?

[n] a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
[n] a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
[n] the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
[n] a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Danger: peril | risk

Danger In Webster's Dictionary

\Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance,
refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same
meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium
power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See
{Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.]
1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]

         In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer.

2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.]
   See {In one's danger}, below.

         You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak.

         Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in
         dangerof this statute.                --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).

3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril;
   risk; insecurity.

4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be
   inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the
   proverb, ``Out of debt out of danger.''

         Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not.
                                               --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).

{To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.

Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}.
       Danger is the generic term, and implies some
       contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or
       impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard
       arises from something fortuitous or beyond our
       control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful
       or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as,
       to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger.
       Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of
       shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of
       daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.


\Dan"ger\, v. t.
To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak.

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