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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dan•ger /ˈdeɪndʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. - exposure to the chance of harm or injury;
risk;
peril:[uncountable]a life full of danger. - an instance or cause of harm, injury, or peril;
risk:[countable]One of the dangers is risk of lightning.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dan•ger (dān′jər),USA pronunciation n. - liability or exposure to harm or injury;
risk;
peril. - an instance or cause of peril;
menace. - [Obs.]power;
jurisdiction;
domain.
- Vulgar Latin *domniārium, equivalent. to Latin domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary
- Anglo-French; Old French dangier, alteration of dongier (by influence of dam damage)
- Middle English da(u)nger 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. 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 passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril.Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation:To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: danger /ˈdeɪndʒə/ n - the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
- a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
- in danger of ⇒ liable to
- on the danger list ⇒ critically ill in hospital
Etymology: 13th Century: daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnumˈdangerless adj |