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jeopardizejeop‧ar‧dize (also jeopardise British English) /ˈdʒepədaɪz $ -ər-/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEjeopardize |
Present | I, you, we, they | jeopardize | | he, she, it | jeopardizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jeopardized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jeopardized | | he, she, it | has jeopardized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jeopardized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jeopardize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jeopardized |
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Present | I | am jeopardizing | | he, she, it | is jeopardizing | | you, we, they | are jeopardizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was jeopardizing | | you, we, they | were jeopardizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jeopardizing | | he, she, it | has been jeopardizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jeopardizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jeopardizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jeopardizing |
- A scandal like this might jeopardize his political career.
- The country's economic future is seriously jeopardized by the mass emigration of young people.
- Three women refused to testify, fearing it would jeopardize their careers.
- But usually its enforcement does not jeopardize the business community.
- It took so long to get herself back because both her professional and personal independence were jeopardized by motherhood.
- Many feared that the continuing insecurity would jeopardize the chances of elections being held successfully.
- The stability of such a transcript may be jeopardized, hence its faster subsequent degradation.
- This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
- You don't have to jeopardize your standing in the staffroom.
to cause risks► put somebody/something at risk to do something that makes it more likely that someone or something will be harmed: · The pilot has been accused of putting his passengers' lives at risk.· Development in the wetlands will put the environment and wildlife habitats at risk.put sb/sth at risk of: · Some people carry a gene that puts them at greater risk of certain cancers. ► threaten to make it likely that something bad will happen to someone or something: · A severe drought is threatening the rice crop.· According to some scientists, global warming threatens the survival of the whole human race. ► endanger to put someone or something in a dangerous or harmful situation: · The U.S. was unwilling to do anything that might endanger the alliance with Japan.· The pilot refused to endanger the lives of his passengers by making an unscheduled landing.· If unemployment continues to rise, social stability may be endangered. ► jeopardize also put/place something in jeopardy to do something that increases the risk that something good will be harmed or lost: · A scandal like this might jeopardize his political career.· The breaking of the ceasefire has put the whole peace process in jeopardy.seriously jeopardize: · The country's economic future is seriously jeopardized by the mass emigration of young people. ► jeopardize any chance of something (=make something less likely to happen)· This could jeopardize any chance of a ceasefire. ► jeopardize/threaten the existence of something (=make it likely that something will stop existing)· The strike could jeopardize the existence of his company. NOUN► chance· However, it also had to act in a way that would not jeopardize its chance of winning the next election.· Many feared that the continuing insecurity would jeopardize the chances of elections being held successfully. to risk losing or spoiling something important: large-scale military offensives which could jeopardize the UN peace process |