Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - threat
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(threats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A threat to a person or thing is a danger that something unpleasant might happen to them. A threat is also the cause of this danger. Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships... The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly... N-VAR: with supp, oft N to/from n, N of n 2. A threat is a statement by someone that they will do something unpleasant, especially if you do not do what they want. He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign... The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship... N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N to-inf 3. If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist. His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month... She lives daily under threat of violence... PHRASE: oft PHR of/from n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English thret coercion, ~, from Old English threat coercion; akin to Middle High German droz annoyance, Latin trudere to push, thrust Date: before 12th century 1. an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage 2. one that ~ens 3. an indication of something impending the sky held a ~ of rain II. verb Date: before 12th century archaic ~en THREATEN verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to utter threats against 2. a. to give signs or warning of ; portend the clouds ~ed rain b. to hang over dangerously ; menace famine ~s the city 3. to announce as intended or possible the workers ~ed a strike 4. to cause to feel insecure or anxious felt ~ed by his brother's success intransitive verb 1. to utter threats 2. to portend evil • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. b Law a menace of bodily hurt or injury, such as may restrain a person's freedom of action. 2 an indication of something undesirable coming (the threat of war). 3 a person or thing as a likely cause of harm etc. Etymology: OE threat affliction etc. f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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угроза; опасность – threat of infringement suit – groundless threat of infringement proceedings THREAT сущ. угроза, опасность - threat of depression Syn: danger, risk, hazard, peril ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. угроза idle threat —- пустая угроза threats and counterthreats —- взаимные угрозы threat of a veto —- угроза вето to use (to utter) threats (against smb.) —- угрожать (кому-л.) to answer threats with threats —- отвечать угрозой на угрозу to carry out a threat —- привести угрозу в исполнение 2. грозное предзнаменование; опасность threat of war —- угроза (опасность) войны there's threat of a storm —- надвигается (собирается) буря to pose a threat to the cause of peace —- представлять угрозу для дела мира povetry and disease are threats to society —- нищета и болезни угрожают существованию общества a still greater threat faces mankind —- человечеству угрожает еще большая опасность ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a statement that you will cause someone pain, unhappiness, or trouble (Your threats don't scare me!) + of (the threat of strike action) make/issue a threat against (Threats have been made against the book's author. | give in to threats (=do what someone wants because they threaten you)) (The government will not give in to terrorist threats. | carry out a threat (=do what you threatened to do) | empty threat (=a threat to do something that you cannot really do)) (Take no notice - they're empty threats. | death/bomb etc threat) (Police are investigating death threats made against the singer. | under threat of) (Mancini claims he was forced to carry out their orders under threat of death.) 2 C usually singular the possibility that something very bad will happen + of (There's a serious threat of famine.) be under threat of closure/attack etc (=be likely to be closed, attacked etc) (The factory is still under threat of closure.) 3 C usually singular someone or something that is regarded as a possible danger (Automation presents the biggest threat to the workforce.) pose a threat (Nuclear weapons continue to pose a threat.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. юreat "crowd, troop, oppression, menace," related to юreotan "to trouble, weary," from P.Gmc. *threutanan, from PIE *trud- "push, press." Sense of "conditional declaration of hostile intention" was in O.E. The verb is O.E. юreatnian. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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