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threatened en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩d]
  • /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (especially, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
    • It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country. 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
  2. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Forms

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more threatened Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most threatened Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

threatened abortion · bethreatened · nonthreatened · threatened species · unthreatened

Translations (11)

nb truet (at risk of becoming endangered) · fo hóttur (at risk of becoming endangered) · es amenazado (at risk of becoming endangered) · cs ohrožený (at risk of becoming endangered) · sk ohrozený (at risk of becoming endangered) · da truet (at risk of becoming endangered) · ro amenințat (at risk of becoming endangered) · fi uhanalainen (at risk of becoming endangered) · de bedroht (at risk of becoming endangered) · nl bedreigd (at risk of becoming endangered) · pt ameaçado (at risk of becoming endangered)

threatened en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩d]
  • /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of threaten
    form of threaten