Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - dangerous
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Dangerous
dangerous
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you. It’s a dangerous stretch of road. ...dangerous drugs... It’s dangerous to jump to early conclusions. = unsafe ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • dangerously He is dangerously ill... The coach rocked dangerously. ADV: usu ADV adj/adv/-ed, also ADV after v
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adjective Date: 15th century 1. exposing to or involving danger a ~ job 2. able or likely to inflict injury or harm a ~ man • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, hazardous, precarious, perilous, risky mean bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury. ~ applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully soldiers on a ~ mission. hazardous implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure claims that smoking is hazardous to your health. precarious suggests both insecurity and uncertainty earned a precarious living by gambling. perilous strongly implies the immediacy of danger perilous mountain roads. risky often applies to a known and accepted danger shied away from risky investments. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. involving or causing danger. Derivatives dangerously adv. dangerousness n. Etymology: ME f. AF dangerous, daungerous, OF dangereus (as DANGER) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. опасный, сопряженный с опасностью; угрожающий dangerous illness —- опасная болезнь dangerous driving —- неосторожная езда, неосторожное вождение машины dangerous silence —- зловещее молчание dangerous to health —- опасный для здоровья the river is dangerous for bathers —- в этой реке опасно купаться 2. опасный, страшный; способный причинить зло dangerous man —- опасный человек dangerous weapon —- грозное оружие to look dangerous —- смотреть волком, быть в явном раздражении this object is dangerous —- это опасная штука these drugs are dangerous —- эти лекарства требуют осторожности 3. диал. ам. разг. находящийся в опасном положении he is dangerous —- он опасно болен, его жизнь в опасности, он совсем плох ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 able or likely to harm or kill you (dangerous animals | Neil thought the man looked dangerous. | it is dangerous (for sb) to do sth) (It's dangerous for women to walk alone at night. | highly/very dangerous) (It would be highly dangerous to attempt to cross the river just here.) 2 a belief, situation, or action that is dangerous involves a lot of risk, or is likely to cause problems (The business is in a dangerous financial position.) 3 dangerous ground/territory a situation or subject that could make someone very angry or upset (You're on dangerous ground when you talk politics with Ed.) - dangerously adv (driving dangerously | dangerously high temperatures) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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