jeopardise

English

Alternative forms

• jeopardize (US)

Verb

jeopardise (third-person singular simple present jeopardises, present participle jeopardising, simple past and past participle jeopardised)

1. To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

   After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardised

Translations

to put in jeopardy

Chinese: Mandarin: 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí)

Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa (fi) vaaraan (fi) Kurdish: xistina talûkê/xistina metirsiyê (ku)

Anagrams

• jeopardies