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danger.

Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/General-American/ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒə/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.

    countable · uncountable
    There's plenty of danger in the desert.
  2. An instance or cause of likely serious harm.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Mischief.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  4. The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").

    countable · uncountable
    The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
  5. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  6. Liability.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  7. Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  8. A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.

    UK · countable · derogatory · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

verb/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/General-American/ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒə/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. To claim liability.

    obsolete
  2. To imperil; to endanger.

    obsolete
  3. To run the risk.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

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