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DANGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Example:
there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("danger" is a kind of...):
venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "danger"):
chance (a risk involving danger)
crapshoot (a risky and uncertain venture)
gamble (a risky act or venture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dangerous place
Example:
He moved out of danger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("danger" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Derivation:
dangerous (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
Example:
there was widespread danger of disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("danger" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "danger"):
clear and present danger (a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged)
hazardousness; perilousness (the state of being dangerous)
insecurity (the state of being subject to danger or injury)
peril; riskiness (a state of danger involving risk)
exposure; vulnerability (the state of being vulnerable or exposed)
Antonym:
safety (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A cause of pain or injury or loss
Example:
he feared the dangers of traveling by air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("danger" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "danger"):
endangerment; hazard; jeopardy; peril; risk (a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune)
powder keg (a potentially explosive state)
menace; threat (something that is a source of danger)
Derivation:
dangerous (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Context examples:
His face fell, and I could see a warning of danger in it, for there was a sudden fierce, sidelong look which meant killing.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“The time and energy finches spend spooking themselves by fleeing when they are not in danger could be better spent looking for food, mating, laying eggs, and rearing their young.”
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
We have been waiting, since 1998, for the results of a study on the dangers of electromagnetic waves.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
The new data could help scientists better refine estimates of the distribution of the sizes of NEOs including larger ones that could pose a danger to Earth.
(New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population, NASA)
Sometimes, we need to make quick decisions, for example in response to a danger or a threat.
(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)
Schwabl says, for now, there are no definitive studies that suggest a danger to humans.
(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)
A source of danger or risk.
(Hazard, NCI Thesaurus)
But when he came to go, Amy held him back to whisper with trembling lips, "Is there really any danger about Beth?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger.
(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
