danger

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
  2. noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
  3. noun a cause of pain or injury or loss

Etymology

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 *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
condition
Narrower (hyponyms)
hazardousness, riskiness, clear and present danger, vulnerability, insecurity
Opposite (antonyms)
safety

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