Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.

    1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.

    gefährden

    подверга́ть опа́сностиpodvergátʹ opásnosti, подве́ргнуть опа́сностиpodvérgnutʹ opásnosti

    наразити на небезпекуnarazyty na nebezpeku

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

More definitions
  • pose a threat to; present a danger to
  • put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Examples

16 sentences

  1. Anti-vaxxers endanger people's lives.

    Антиваксери ставлять під загрозу людське життя.

    deImpfgegner gefährden Menschenleben.

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  2. Sami was endangering the dog's life.

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  3. I would never do anything that could endanger Tom.

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  4. You're under arrest for endangering the welfare of a minor.

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  5. Lead poisoning endangers the health of millions of children around the world.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to put someone or something in danger:
Русский
By meaning 1
to put someone or something in danger:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put someone or something in danger:

Origin

From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.

From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.

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Forms

endangers, endangering, endangered, endangered
Base formendanger · to endanger
3rd person singularendangers
Present participleendangering
Past simpleendangered
Past participleendangered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyendanger
he, she, itendangers

Past simpleLesson

all personsendangered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave endangered
he, she, ithas endangered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill endanger

Synonyms

11 synonyms
threatenB2fraiseimperiljeopardise
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelateddangerA2dangerousA2
Derivedendangerableendangererendangerment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
encyclopediaB1encyclopedicendA1endangeredA2endearendearmentendeavorB2
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