threat
To press; urge; compelTo press; urge; compel.
» We think there is still a threat.
Ми вважаємо, що й досі існує загроза.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To press; urge; compel.
(intransitive)To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
(archaic, transitive)To threaten.
Examples
428 sentencesWe think there is still a threat.
Ми вважаємо, що й досі існує загроза. — deniko
We think that there is still a threat.
Ми вважаємо, що й досі існує загроза. — deniko
There is a threat of a storm.
Є небезпека шторму. — deniko
ruЕсть опасность шторма. — shanghainese
Is that a threat?
Це погроза? — deniko
ruЭто угроза? — odexed
deIst das eine Drohung? — BerlinJakarta
They're not a threat.
Вони не є загрозою. — deniko
ruОни не представляют угрозы. — paul_lingvo
deDie sind keine Bedrohung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correFrom Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”). Cognate with Scots threit (“to threaten”), Dutch verdrieten (“to sadden, displease”), Middle Low German drēten (“to threaten”), German verdrießen (“to bother, vex”), Faroese tróta (“to run out”), Icelandic þrjóta (“to run out, end”), Norwegian tryte (“to run out, end”), Swedish tryda (“to run out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usþriutan, “to harass, torment”), Latin trūdō (“to push”), Albanian ndrydh (“to sprain, supress, withdraw”), Belarusian трудзіць (trudzicʹ, “to burden, tire”), Bulgarian тру̀дя (trùdja, “to work”), Czech trudit (“to toil, worry”), Polish trudzić (“to toil, worry”), Russian труди́ть (trudítʹ, “to burden, tire”), Serbo-Croatian trúditi (“to try, make and effot”), Ukrainian труди́ти (trudýty, “to toil, tire”).
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Forms
threats, threating, threated, threatedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- received death threats
- death threats
- isn't a threat
- your threats don't