Danger Meaning
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounExposure to likely harm; peril.
nounExposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
Sentence Examples
Are you saying my life is in danger?
You are secure from danger here.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hiker ignored the warning about the ____ of avalanches.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Are you saying my life is in ____?
Word Origin & History
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars."
— 1821, William Hazlitt, “Essay IX. The Indian Jugglers.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume I, London: John Warren, […], →OCLC, page 187:
"The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye.
The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly.
Danger is his business."
— 1966, “Cool McCool (theme song)”, Bernie Green (music) (Cool McCool (television series)), performed by Bob McFadden:
"We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle."
— 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
"Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others."
— 2025 November 12, Philip Haigh, “High praise for rail staff's courage and clear thinking”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 50:
"We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with."
— 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hiker ignored the warning about the ____ of avalanches.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Are you saying my life is in ____?