threat
An expression of intent to injure or punish anotherAn expression of intent to injure or punish another.
» We think there is still a threat.
Ми вважаємо, що й досі існує загроза.
Meaning
3 sensesAn expression of intent to injure or punish another.
Drohung
угро́заugróza
погро́заpohróza, загро́заzahróza
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
Verifying and addressing actual threats is not paranoia.
Bedrohung
опа́сностьopásnostʹ
загро́заzahróza, небезпе́каnebezpéka
something that is a source of danger
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
исто́чник опа́сностиistóčnik opásnosti, злоzlo
загро́заzahróza
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
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, sFrom Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”). Cognate with Scots thret, threte, threit (“threat”), Middle High German drōz (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Middle Low German drōt (“threat, menace, danger”), Faroese treyt (“struggle, labour, distress”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian труд (trud, “work, labour”), Czech trud (“effot, hard work”), Polish trud (“hard work”), Serbo-Croatian trȗd (“effort, hard work”).
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Forms
plural: threatsSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
25 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- received death threats
- death threats
- isn't a threat
- your threats don't