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danger

dan·ger

UK/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/ US/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ common uk

noun

1.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

  • “you are in no danger”
  • “there was widespread danger of disease”
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2.

a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

  • “he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime”
  • “there was a danger he would do the wrong thing”
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3.

a cause of pain or injury or loss

  • “he feared the dangers of traveling by air”
4.

a dangerous place

  • “He moved out of danger”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • a danger foreseen is half avoided
  • at danger
  • danger area
  • danger close
  • danger in delay
  • danger is one's middle name
  • danger money
  • danger music
  • danger noodle

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