jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

jeopardise (UK)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.dɑez/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.daɪz/, [d͡ʒep.ə.dɑe̯z]

Verb

jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)

(US, transitive) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.
- 1968, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, spoken by HAL 9000:
  This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Derived terms

Translations

put in jeopardy

Armenian: վտանգել (hy) (vtangel), վտանգի ենթարկել (vtangi entʻarkel)
Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost)
Catalan: posar en perill, amenaçar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使受危險 / 使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn), 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí)
Dutch: bedreigen (nl), in gevaar brengen, op de helling zetten
Estonian: ohustama
Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa vaaraan
French: mettre en danger (fr)
Georgian: საფრთხეში ჩაგდება (saprtxeši čagdeba), განსაცდელში ჩაგდება (gansacdelši čagdeba)
German: gefährden (de), in Gefahr bringen
Greek: διακυνδινέυω n (diakyndinéyo)
Hungarian: kockára tesz, kockáztat (hu), veszélyeztet (hu)
Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it)
Japanese: 危うきにさらす (あやうきにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xistina talûkê, xistina metirsiyê
Māori: whakamōrea
Portuguese: pôr em jogo, comprometer (pt)
Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: угро̀зити

Latin: ugròziti (sh)
Spanish: poner en peligro, perjudicar (es)
Swedish: riskera (sv), äventyra (sv)
Turkish: tehlikeye atmak