danger

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/]

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Senses

1. danger (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: There's plenty of danger in the desert.

2. danger (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An instance or cause of likely serious harm.

Example: 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.

3. danger (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Mischief.

Example: We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with.

4. danger (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To claim liability.

5. danger (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To imperil; to endanger.

Example: The sides o'th' world may danger. Much is breeding

6. danger (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To run the risk.

Structure of the word

Roots:

demh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: demh₂

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