danger
Meaning
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- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- (obsolete) Mischief.
- The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
- (obsolete) Liability.
- (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
Synonyms
dangerous situation
fatal risk
danger of death
harm and danger
risk safety
thin ice
take risks
bad omen
mortal danger
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dan‧ger
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
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 *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
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