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The meaning of DANGER is exposure or liability to injury, pain, harm, or loss. How to use danger in a sentence.
the possibility of harm or death, or of something unpleasant happening: [ C ] I quickly understood the dangers of rock climbing. [ U ] I felt my life was in danger. [ U ] They’re in danger of losing the playoffs.
Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards.
the possibility of harm or death, or of something unpleasant happening: [ C ] I quickly understood the dangers of rock climbing. [ U ] I felt my life was in danger. [ U ] They’re in danger of losing the playoffs. A danger is also a harmful influence: [ C ] the dangers of air pollution.
Synonyms for DANGER: risk, jeopardy, trouble, peril, distress, endangerment, threat, imperilment; Antonyms of DANGER: safety, security, salvation, preservation, protection, defense, secureness, safeness.
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noun. /ˈdeɪndʒə (r)/ /ˈdeɪndʒər/ Idioms. [uncountable] the possibility of something happening that will injure, harm or kill somebody, or damage or destroy something. Danger! Keep Out! Firefighters face danger every day. in danger Children's lives are in danger every time they cross this road. in grave/mortal danger.
