threat
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English þrēat (“crowd, army”).
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
[edit] Noun
threat (plural threats)
- an expression of intent to injure or punish another.
- an indication of imminent danger.
- a person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
- Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
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[edit] Translations
expression of intent to injure or punish another
indication of imminent danger
person regarded as a danger
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[edit] Verb
threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
- (archaic) To threaten.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- An hideous Geant horrible and hye, / That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
