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- DictionaryDan·ger/ˈdānjər/
noun
- 1. the possibility of suffering harm or injury: "his life was in danger"
From the Cambridge English Corpus. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with danger.
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 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. A danger is also a harmful influence: [ C ] the dangers of air pollution.
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. peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The ...
When you're in danger, it seems likely that you might get hurt. Your mom might warn you that if you don't wear your bicycle helmet, you're in danger of getting injured. A baby bird teetering on the edge of its nest is in danger, and a driver whose car stalls on railroad tracks is also in danger.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dan‧ger /ˈdeɪndʒə $ -ər/ S2 W2 noun 1 [ uncountable] the possibility that someone or something will be harmed, destroyed, or killed Danger! No boats beyond this point.
