Dictionary › D › danger
danger
2 syllablesYour browser doesn’t have built-in voices. Try Chrome, Edge or Safari.
As a noun, danger means exposure to likely harm.
Meanings of danger
14 meaningsnoun
Exposure to likely harm; peril.
“There's plenty of danger in the desert.”
An instance or cause of likely harm.
mainly outside usrail transportThe stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
“The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.”
The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
“you are in no danger”
“there was widespread danger of disease”
A cause of pain or injury or loss
“he feared the dangers of traveling by air”
A dangerous placelocation
“He moved out of danger”
Older and rare meanings (4)
obsoleteMischief.
obsoleteAbility to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
obsoleteLiability.
obsoleteDifficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
verb
obsoleteTo claim liability.
obsoleteTo imperil; to endanger.
obsoleteTo run the risk.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).