Definition of "danger" in English

noun

1. Exposure to likely harm; peril.

   • There's plenty of danger in the desert.

2. An instance or cause of likely harm.

   • 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.

3. (obsolete) Mischief.

4. (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").

   • The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.

5. (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.

6. (obsolete) Liability.

7. (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.

8. (UK, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.

verb

1. (obsolete) To claim liability.

2. (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.

3. (obsolete) To run the risk.