- danger
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, mortal, obvious, real, serious, significant, terrible▪
They are in grave danger of losing everything.
▪She knew that she was now in mortal danger.
▪There is a real danger that the bridge will collapse from the weight of traffic.
▪ acute (esp. BrE), immediate, imminent, impending▪They are in imminent danger of attack.
▪ clear and present▪The hackers' actions are a clear and present danger to our banking system.
▪ constant, ever-present▪the ever-present danger of crime
▪ long-term▪ inherent▪There are inherent dangers in the system.
▪ hidden▪ true▪We're only now waking up to the true dangers of pesticides.
▪ possible, potential▪ perceived▪ personal▪ health, physical▪ public▪The pollution from the factory is a public danger.
▪ little▪There is little danger of another crash.
VERB + DANGER▪ be exposed to, face▪On their journey across the desert they faced danger of all sorts.
▪ be fraught with, involve▪The task was fraught with danger.
▪ cause, create▪He was convicted of causing danger to other road users.
▪ pose, present, represent▪the dangers posed by the possession of nuclear weapons
▪ be aware of, foresee, identify, know, perceive, realize, recognize, see, sense, smell, spot, understand▪No one foresaw the danger.
▪The animal seemed to sense danger.
▪ highlight, illustrate▪ run▪A company must keep developing or it runs the danger of stagnating.
▪ court▪Some people take crazy risks because they get a thrill from courting danger.
▪ avert▪Vigorous action is needed to avert the danger of runaway inflation.
▪ lessen, minimize, reduce▪ increase▪ avoid, escape▪ ignore▪ underestimateDANGER + VERB▪ await, exist, face sb, lie (in sth), lurk, threaten sb▪One of the biggest dangers facing us may be climate change.
▪The danger lies in becoming too complacent.
▪Where would they hide if danger threatened?
▪ arise from sth, come from sb/sth▪The biggest danger to gorillas comes from humans.
▪ pass▪We waited until all danger had passed.
▪ remainDANGER + NOUN▪ area, point, spot (esp. BrE), zone▪Despite the high levels of radiation, people are now moving back into the danger zone.
▪ signals, signs▪He recognized the danger signs and gave up smoking.
▪ money (BrE), pay (AmE)▪They should be paid danger money for the job they're doing.
▪They should get danger pay for the job they're doing.
PREPOSITION▪ in danger▪We weren't in any danger.
▪ in danger of▪The plant is now in danger of extinction.
▪ out of danger▪They ran until they were out of danger.
▪ danger from▪ danger of▪We're in serious danger of becoming a nation of worriers.
▪ danger to▪There is no danger to the public from these chemicals.
PHRASES▪ be off the danger list, be on the danger list (both BrE)▪He was in a critical condition, but is now off the danger list.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
