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JEOPARDISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they jeopardise ... he / she / it jeopardises
Past simple: jeopardised
Past participle: jeopardised
-ing form: jeopardising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pose a threat to; present a danger to
Example:
The pollution is endangering the crops
Synonyms:
endanger; imperil; jeopardise; jeopardize; menace; peril; threaten
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "jeopardise" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
jeopardy (a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune)
