danger

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury (Freq. 18)
- you are in no danger
- there was widespread danger of disease
• Ant:
safety
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
clear and present danger, hazardousness, perilousness, insecurity, riskiness,
peril, vulnerability, exposure
2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (Freq. 8)
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
• Syn:
risk, peril
• Derivationally related forms:
perilous (for: peril), peril (for: peril), risky (for: risk), risk (for: risk)
• Hypernyms:
venture
• Hyponyms:
chance, crapshoot, gamble
3. a cause of pain or injury or loss (Freq. 6)
- he feared the dangers of traveling by air
• Derivationally related forms:
dangerous
• Hypernyms:
causal agent, cause, causal agency
• Hyponyms:
hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment,
powder keg, menace, threat
4. a dangerous place (Freq. 1)
- He moved out of danger
• Derivationally related forms:
dangerous
• Hypernyms:
area, country

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  risk, peril