danger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- audio North Carolina
- /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
Etymology
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 *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.
1821, William Hazlitt, “Essay IX. The Indian Jugglers.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume I, London: John Warren, […], →OCLC, page 187:There's plenty of danger in the desert.
The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye. The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly. Danger is his business.
1966, “Cool McCool (theme song)”, Bernie Green (music) (Cool McCool (television series)), performed by Bob McFadden:Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others.
2025 November 12, Philip Haigh, “High praise for rail staff's courage and clear thinking”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 50:
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(countable, uncountable) An instance or cause of likely serious harm.
1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mischief.
We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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(countable, qualifier:mainly outside US, uncountable) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
You stand within his danger, do you not?
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 180:Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.
1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Liability.
Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
They of Coloyne made grete daunger to lete passe the oost thrughe the Cite at brydge.
1500, Melusine:I made daunger of it a while at first, but afterward beyng persuaded by them..I promised to do as they would haue me.
1570, A. Dalaber, J. Foxe Actes & Monuments:I shall make danger, sure.
1652, John Fletcher, The Wild-Goose Chase:
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(UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
Why did the chicken cross the road? "To try and get away from you, you absolute danger. I've heard all about you posh boy Etonians and farmyard animals"
2019 July 31, Oonagh Keating, quoting Stephen Patten, “We asked you to caption a photo of Boris Johnson holding a chicken – our 19 favourites”, in The Poke:Pineapple and pizza. ONLY JOKING YOU FUCKING DANGER.
2017 July 28, Gary Ogden, “Ridiculous food combinations that are actually really tasty”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dangers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
secureness · security · safety
Deriveds
signal passed at danger · stranger danger · danger space · kicking in danger · indanger · dangerful · danger noodle · dangerman · danger-signal · in danger · danger money · danger close · danger is one's middle name · danger pay · a danger foreseen is half avoided · danger triangle of the face · danger in delay · danger triangle · dangerless · gap of danger · danger music · danger area · danger zone · danger signal · dangersome · danger wank
Descendants
Relateds
plight · risk · riskiness · precariousness · unstableness · uncertainty · threateningness · dangerous · instability · endanger · chanciness · precarity
Synonyms
harm's way · distress · jeopardy · extremity · hazard · adventure · threat · danger · peril · menace · peril
Translations (226)
lo ອັນຕະຣາຽ (exposure to likely harm) · ko 위험 (exposure to likely harm) · be небясьпе́ка (instance or cause of likely harm) · fo vandi (exposure to likely harm) · sah куттал (exposure to likely harm) · sc perículu (exposure to likely harm) · tk hovp (exposure to likely harm) · nl gevaar (instance or cause of likely harm) · sh opasnost (instance or cause of likely harm) · rm prighel (exposure to likely harm) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 (exposure to likely harm) · kmr xeter (exposure to likely harm) · vec perigoło (exposure to likely harm) · ar خَطَر (exposure to likely harm) · kk қауіптілік (exposure to likely harm) · tr tehlike (instance or cause of likely harm) · osx gifār (exposure to likely harm) · sah эндиэ (exposure to likely harm) · mn зэтгэр (exposure to likely harm) · chr ᎦᏂᏰᎩ (exposure to likely harm) · ta ஆபத்து (exposure to likely harm) · rm privel (exposure to likely harm) · gl perigo (exposure to likely harm) · ka საფრთხე (exposure to likely harm) · gl perigo (instance or cause of likely harm) · ast peligru (instance or cause of likely harm) · uli hammwarag (exposure to likely harm) · mt periklu (exposure to likely harm) · nl gevaar (exposure to likely harm) · ota تهلكه (exposure to likely harm) · la periculum (exposure to likely harm) · so khatar (exposure to likely harm) · am አደጋ (exposure to likely harm) · uk небезпе́ка (exposure to likely harm) · pl zagrożenie (instance or cause of likely harm) · hi ख़तरा (exposure to likely harm) · mi tatamate (exposure to likely harm) · ps خطر (exposure to likely harm) · sk nebezpečie (exposure to likely harm) · vec pericol (exposure to likely harm) · pt perigo (exposure to likely harm) · my ဘယာ (exposure to likely harm) · hi विपत्ति (exposure to likely harm) · scn perìculu (exposure to likely harm) · uk загро́за (instance or cause of likely harm) · fi vaara (exposure to likely harm) · tg хатар (exposure to likely harm) · te ప్రమాదము (exposure to likely harm) · fr péril (exposure to likely harm) · ig itu egwu (exposure to likely harm) · ga dainséar (exposure to likely harm) · id bahaya (exposure to likely harm) · ga contúirt (exposure to likely harm) · fi uhka (instance or cause of likely harm) · ro pericol (instance or cause of likely harm) · tyv айыыл (exposure to likely harm) · fur pericul (exposure to likely harm) · ca perill (exposure to likely harm) · lt pavojus (exposure to likely harm) · eu arrisku (exposure to likely harm) · xh ingozi (exposure to likely harm) · ga contúirt (instance or cause of likely harm) · cy perygl (exposure to likely harm) · hi जोखिम (exposure to likely harm) · id bahaya (instance or cause of likely harm) · es peligro (exposure to likely harm) · hi संकट (exposure to likely harm) · pi antarāya (exposure to likely harm) · arz خطر (exposure to likely harm) · yi געפאַר (exposure to likely harm) · de Gefahr (instance or cause of likely harm) · xto sanu (exposure to likely harm) · sv fara (exposure to likely harm) · ang fǣr (exposure to likely harm) · ast peligru (exposure to likely harm) · el κίνδυνος (exposure to likely harm) · hi परेशानी (instance or cause of likely harm) · io danjero (instance or cause of likely harm) · enm peril (exposure to likely harm) · uk небезпе́ка (instance or cause of likely harm) · pl niebezpieczeństwo (exposure to likely harm) · sw hatari (instance or cause of likely harm) · uz xatar (exposure to likely harm) · ht danje (exposure to likely harm) · bo ཉེན་ཁ (exposure to likely harm) · es peligro (instance or cause of likely harm) · hi विपदा (exposure to likely harm) · sl nevarnost (exposure to likely harm) · cs nebezpečí (exposure to likely harm) · lad perikolo (exposure to likely harm) · kk қауіп (exposure to likely harm) · hu veszély (exposure to likely harm) · nl bedreiging (instance or cause of likely harm) · de Bedrohung (instance or cause of likely harm) · tg хавф (exposure to likely harm) · fi uhka (exposure to likely harm) · cs nebezpečí (instance or cause of likely harm) · ki ũgwati (exposure to likely harm) · ang frēcennes (instance or cause of likely harm) · ar خَطَر (instance or cause of likely harm) · vec pericolo (exposure to likely harm) · pt perigo (instance or cause of likely harm) · he סַכָּנָה (exposure to likely harm) · ang ġefǣr (exposure to likely harm) · zu ingozi (exposure to likely harm) · eo danĝero (exposure to likely harm) · ro pericol (exposure to likely harm) · af gevaar (exposure to likely harm) · njo-jgl lendong (exposure to likely harm) · tr tehlike (exposure to likely harm) · sh opásnōst (exposure to likely harm) · he סַכָּנָה (instance or cause of likely harm) · ur خَطْرَہ (exposure to likely harm) · gd cunnart (instance or cause of likely harm) · et hädaoht (exposure to likely harm) · pdt Jefoa (instance or cause of likely harm) · mfe danze (exposure to likely harm) · tr muhatara (exposure to likely harm) · de Gefahr (exposure to likely harm) · sq rrezik (exposure to likely harm) · my အန္တရာယ် (exposure to likely harm) · et oht (exposure to likely harm) · fa-ira خَطَر (exposure to likely harm) · ssy siraye (exposure to likely harm) · kmr metirsî (exposure to likely harm) · txb ñyātse (exposure to likely harm) · inh кхерам (exposure to likely harm) · wa dandjî (exposure to likely harm) · vi nguy hiểm (exposure to likely harm) · ml അപായം (exposure to likely harm) · hi खतरा (exposure to likely harm) · scn pirìculu (exposure to likely harm) · mn аюул (exposure to likely harm) · bg опа́сност (exposure to likely harm) · fr danger (instance or cause of likely harm) · ht danje (instance or cause of likely harm) · vo pölig (exposure to likely harm) · enm dred (exposure to likely harm) · th อันตราย (exposure to likely harm) · hy վտանգ (instance or cause of likely harm) · osx fār (exposure to likely harm) · be небяспе́ка (instance or cause of likely harm) · ce кхерам (exposure to likely harm) · da fare (exposure to likely harm) · hi प्रमाद (exposure to likely harm) · fr danger (exposure to likely harm) · tt куркыныч (exposure to likely harm) · ckt гыаргыргын (exposure to likely harm) · sh опа́сно̄ст (exposure to likely harm) · ru опа́сность (exposure to likely harm) · enm danger (exposure to likely harm) · be небяспе́ка (exposure to likely harm) · pdt Jefoa (exposure to likely harm) · lld pericul (exposure to likely harm) · ml ആപത്ത് (exposure to likely harm) · tk hatar (exposure to likely harm) · es discrimen (exposure to likely harm) · jv bebaya (instance or cause of likely harm) · sa त्यजस् (exposure to likely harm) · ota قورقو (exposure to likely harm) · sw hatari (exposure to likely harm) · got 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (exposure to likely harm) · cmn 危險 /危险 (exposure to likely harm) · bn বিপদ (exposure to likely harm) · jv bebaya (exposure to likely harm) · lv briesmas (exposure to likely harm) · ky коркунуч (exposure to likely harm) · oc perilh (exposure to likely harm) · osx fāra (exposure to likely harm) · sh опасност (instance or cause of likely harm) · kk қатер (exposure to likely harm) · ru опа́сность (instance or cause of likely harm) · ga dainséar (instance or cause of likely harm) · hy վտանգ (exposure to likely harm) · vec pericoło (exposure to likely harm) · da fare (instance or cause of likely harm) · tl panganib (exposure to likely harm) · ja 危険 (exposure to likely harm) · es discrimen (instance or cause of likely harm) · kn ಕುತ್ತ (exposure to likely harm) · sc perígulu (exposure to likely harm) · fi vaara (instance or cause of likely harm) · az təhlükə (exposure to likely harm) · ro primejdie (exposure to likely harm) · km អន្តរាយ (exposure to likely harm) · sv fara (instance or cause of likely harm) · scn prìculu (exposure to likely harm) · it pericolo (exposure to likely harm) · om balaa (exposure to likely harm) · hy սպառնալիք (instance or cause of likely harm) · vo riskäd (exposure to likely harm) · ms bahaya (exposure to likely harm) · be небясьпе́ка (exposure to likely harm) · lv bīstamība (exposure to likely harm) · be пагро́за (instance or cause of likely harm) · is hætta (exposure to likely harm) · ug خەتەر (exposure to likely harm) · nb fare (exposure to likely harm) · ru угро́за (instance or cause of likely harm) · rm prievel (exposure to likely harm) · bg запла́ха (instance or cause of likely harm) · uz xavflilik (exposure to likely harm) · si අන්ත්රාව (exposure to likely harm) · kmr talûke (exposure to likely harm) · as বিপদ (exposure to likely harm) · nci ohuihcāyōtl (exposure to likely harm) · it pericolo (instance or cause of likely harm) · sc pirígulu (exposure to likely harm) · mi mōreareatanga (instance or cause of likely harm) · ta அபாயம் (exposure to likely harm) · mk опасност (exposure to likely harm) · el κίνδυνος (instance or cause of likely harm) · yue 危險 /危险 (exposure to likely harm) · prs خَطَر (exposure to likely harm) · lo ອັນຕະລາຍ (exposure to likely harm) · ang frēcennes (exposure to likely harm) · grc κίνδυνος (exposure to likely harm) · my ဘေး (exposure to likely harm) · bg опа́сност (instance or cause of likely harm) · io danjero (exposure to likely harm) · gd cunnart (exposure to likely harm) · tk howp (exposure to likely harm) · ckb پەرێشان (instance or cause of likely harm) · km គ្រោះថ្នាក់ (exposure to likely harm) · tr muhatara (instance or cause of likely harm) · ur جوکِھم (exposure to likely harm)