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[ noun ] the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
Examples "you are in no danger" "there was widespread danger of disease" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The element of public danger which enters so largely into architectural certification , however , would demand a prolonged study of structure . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A Mexican justice_of_the_peace had issue a writ against Chavez for taking_part in the `` murder '' of Manuel_Gonzales so he and his father were anxious to be taken_out of danger . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His teacher and his school_principal were conferred_with and everyone agreed that , if he kept_up with a certain amount of work at home , there was little danger of his losing a term . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The following morning , as John entered the Place_Molard on his way to visit a sick refugee , he had a premonition of danger . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)She would rather live in danger than die of loneliness and boredom . |
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[ noun ] a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Examples "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime" "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The addition of endurance training later , when the body is mature enough to benefit from it without danger of injury , provides that final quality that makes the top athlete , soldier or citizen . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Another great danger is that the emerging middle_class will feel itself increasingly alienated from the political_leaders who still justify their dominance by reference to the struggle for independence or the early phase of nationalism . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)His religious_beliefs provide him with plausible explanations for many conditions which cause him great concern , and his religious faith makes possible fortitude , equanimity , and consolation , enabling him to endure colossal misfortune , fear , frustration , uncertainty , suffering , evil , and danger . |
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[ noun ] a cause of pain or injury or loss
Examples "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)In_fact , although we have dispelled the fear , we have not necessarily assured ourselves that there are no dangers . Related terms |
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