Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An expression of an intention to inflict pain, harm, or punishment.
- noun An indication of impending danger or harm.
- noun One that is regarded as a possible source of harm or danger.
- noun The condition of being in danger or at risk.
- transitive verb To threaten.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Crowd; press; pressure.
- noun Vexation; torment.
- noun A menace; a denunciation of ill to befall some one; a declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict punishment, loss, or pain on another.
- noun In law, any menace of such a nature and extent as to unsettle the mind of the person on whom it operates, and to preclude that free voluntary action which is necessary to assent.
- To press; urge; compel.
- To threaten.
- To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
- verb Obs. or Poetic To threaten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
expression ofintent toinjure orpunish another. - noun An
indication ofimminent danger . - noun A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a
menace . - verb archaic To
threaten .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who inspires fear or dread
- noun declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
- noun something that is a source of danger
- noun a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Right now though, the main threat is Zod, so there's that going on. spinster
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Surely if the main threat is from middle eastern terrorist groups largely, but not exclusively, recruiting middle eastern, asian and indian people then it follows that the resulting stop/search statistics reflect that?
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In effect, the United States' leaders have twisted the meaning of the term 'threat' so as to render it a catch-all phase referring to dangers conjectured as well as actual, maturing at some indefinite time in the future as well as in the near term, and covering persons unwitting of their associations who provide even intangible forms of 'aid and comfort' to anyone who may be placed in the former broad categories.
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What's true now is that many see Stewart as a title threat after his win Monday.
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It's true, Junior may not be the title threat you'd expect from his standing as the most popular driver seven years running, but he's far from overrated; he just faced a completely different set of expectations than everyone else.
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Too often, it's like terrorist threats - when the threat is abated and dealt with and unsuccessful, then you never knew the threat was there in the beginning.
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Too often, it's like terrorist threats - when the threat is abated and dealt with and unsuccessful, then you never knew the threat was there in the beginning.
Heath Harrison: Rahall Touts Seniority, Accomplishments On Mine Safety
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Too often, it's like terrorist threats - when the threat is abated and dealt with and unsuccessful, then you never knew the threat was there in the beginning.
Heath Harrison: Rahall Touts Seniority, Accomplishments On Mine Safety
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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich gave an interview to the Christian Broadcasting Network to speak about his past indiscretions, the coming presidential race and what he calls the threat to "Judeo-Christian society."
Newt Gingrich: 'Passion for the country' led to personal indiscretions (video)
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For his part, Wilders said he is happy with the verdict and will continue to speak out against what he calls the threat of Islam.
bilby commented on the word threat
Evaluate relative threats here.
December 24, 2007