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Noun [English]

IPA: /θɹɛt/ [UK, US], /ˈθɹet/ [General-Australian], /ˈtɹɛt/ [Ireland] Audio: en-us-threat.ogg [US] Forms: threats [plural]
enPR: thrĕt Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), whence also Middle Low German drōt (“threat, menace, danger”), Middle High German drōz (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Latin trūdō (“push”, verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threte}} Middle English threte, {{m|enm|thret}} thret, {{m|enm|thrat}} thrat, {{m|enm|thræt}} thræt, {{m|enm|threat}} threat, {{inh|en|ang|þrēat|t=crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat}} Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þrautaz}} Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, {{cog|gem-pro|*þrautą|t=displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil}} Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*trewd-|t=to squeeze, push, press}} Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), {{cog|gml|drōt|t=threat, menace, danger}} Middle Low German drōt (“threat, menace, danger”), {{cog|gmh|drōz|t=annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright}} Middle High German drōz (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), {{cog|is|þraut|t=struggle, labour, distress}} Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), {{cog|la|trūdō|pos=verb|t=push}} Latin trūdō (“push”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} threat (plural threats)
  1. An expression of intent to injure or punish another. Translations (expression of intent to injure or punish another): ἀπειλή (apeilḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَهْدِيد (tahdīd) [masculine] (Arabic), սպառնալիք (spaṙnalikʻ) (Armenian), fuverã [feminine] (Aromanian), təhdid (Azerbaijani), hədə (Azerbaijani), hədə-qorxu (Azerbaijani), mehatxu (Basque), пагро́за (pahróza) [feminine] (Belarusian), запла́ха (zapláha) [feminine] (Bulgarian), amenaça [feminine] (Catalan), 威脅 (Chinese Cantonese), 威胁 (wai¹ hip³) (Chinese Cantonese), 威脅 (Chinese Mandarin), 威胁 (wēixié) (Chinese Mandarin), hrozba [feminine] (Czech), výhrůžka [feminine] (Czech), trussel [common-gender] (Danish), bedreiging (Dutch), minaco (Esperanto), uhkaus (Finnish), menace [feminine] (French), ameaza (Galician), Drohung [feminine] (German), απειλή (apeilí) [feminine] (Greek), איום (iyum) [masculine] (Hebrew), fenyegetés (Hungarian), ancaman (Indonesian), minaccia [feminine] (Italian), 脅迫 (kyōhaku) (alt: きょうはく) (Japanese), 脅かし (odokashi) (alt: おどかし) (Japanese), inciman (Javanese), amiasa (Kabuverdianu), amiasá (Kabuverdianu), байбалам (baibalam) (Kazakh), ការគំរាមកំហែង (kaa kumriem kɑmhaeŋ) (Khmer), សំដីឈ្លានពាន (sɑmdəy clien-pien) (Khmer), 위협 (wihyeop) (alt: 威脅) (Korean), 협박 (hyeopbak) (alt: 脅迫) (Korean), minatio [feminine] (Latin), закана (zakana) [feminine] (Macedonian), ugutan (Malay), kapatau (Maori), занал (zanal) (Mongolian), tehdît (Northern Kurdish), gef (Northern Kurdish), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), menaça [feminine] (Occitan), þrēa [masculine] (Old English), doorsisa (Oromo), تهدید (tahdid) (Persian), Jedreiw [neuter] (Plautdietsch), groźba [feminine] (Polish), pogróżka [feminine] (Polish), ameaça (Portuguese), amenințare [feminine] (Romanian), угро́за (ugróza) [feminine] (Russian), bagairt [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), bagradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), пријетња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), претња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prijetnja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pretnja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrozba [feminine] (Slovak), grožnja [feminine] (Slovene), amenaza [feminine] (Spanish), tisho (Swahili), hot [neuter] (Swedish), bala (Tagalog), banta (Tagalog), таҳдид (tahdid) (Tajik), ภัย (pai) (Thai), คำขู่ (Thai), ภยันตราย (Thai), tehdit (Turkish), погро́за (pohróza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), загро́за (zahróza) [feminine, rare] (Ukrainian), doʻq (Uzbek), tahdid (Uzbek), lời đe doạ (Vietnamese), gef (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-threat-en-noun-NRIwSj2g Disambiguation of 'expression of intent to injure or punish another': 99 1 0
  2. An indication of potential or imminent danger. Translations (indication of imminent danger): fuverã [feminine] (Aromanian), amenaça [feminine] (Catalan), ھەڕەشە (herreşe) (Central Kurdish), hrozba [feminine] (Czech), ohrožení [neuter] (Czech), bedreiging [feminine] (Dutch), uhka (Finnish), menace (French), ameaza [feminine] (Galician), Bedrohung [feminine] (German), απειλή (apeilí) [feminine] (Greek), veszély (Hungarian), ancaman (Indonesian), minaccia [feminine] (Italian), 脅威 (kyōi) (alt: きょうい) (Japanese), bebaya (Javanese), аюул занал (ajuul zanal) (Mongolian), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Jedreiw [neuter] (Plautdietsch), zagrożenie [neuter] (Polish), ameaça (Portuguese), amenințare [feminine] (Romanian), опа́сность (opásnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), пријетња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), претња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prijetnja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pretnja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), amenaza [feminine] (Spanish), tisho (Swahili), hot [neuter] (Swedish), banta (Tagalog), загро́за (zahróza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), небезпе́ка (nebezpéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-threat-en-noun-W4h~mAky Disambiguation of 'indication of imminent danger': 2 69 29
  3. A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace. Translations (person regarded as a danger): amenaça [feminine] (Catalan), perill públic [masculine] (Catalan), hrozba (Czech), minaculo (Esperanto), uhka (Finnish), danger public [masculine] (French), ameaza [feminine] (Galician), απειλή (apeilí) [feminine] (Greek), minaccia [feminine] (Italian), pericolo a popolo [masculine] (Italian), 脅威 (kyōi) (alt: きょうい) (Japanese), សីហលោ (səyhaʼloo) (Khmer), minax [feminine, masculine, substantive] (Latin), minacia [feminine] (Latin), ancaman (Malay), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trussel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zagrożenie [neuter] (Polish), ameaça (Portuguese), perigo público [masculine] (Portuguese), источник опасности (istočnik opasnosti) [masculine] (Russian), зло (zlo) [neuter] (Russian), amenaza [feminine] (Spanish), peligro público [masculine] (Spanish), tisho (Swahili), hot [neuter] (Swedish), banta (Tagalog), загро́за (zahróza) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-threat-en-noun-yfN57GfW Disambiguation of 'person regarded as a danger': 1 24 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intimidation, warning, menace, threat Hyponyms: blackmail, extortion, sabre-rattling, ultimatum Derived forms: death threat, empty threat, idle threat, second-order threat, stereotype threat, threat actor, triple threat Related terms: threaten, threatening, or else, omen, danger
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /θɹɛt/ [UK, US], /ˈθɹet/ [General-Australian], /ˈtɹɛt/ [Ireland] Audio: en-us-threat.ogg [US] Forms: threats [present, singular, third-person], threating [participle, present], threated [participle, past], threated [past]
enPR: thrĕt Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”). Akin to Middle Dutch drōten (“to threaten”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threten}} Middle English threten, {{inh|en|ang|þrēatian||to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten}} Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”), {{m|dum|drōten||to threaten}} drōten (“to threaten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
  1. (transitive) To press; urge; compel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-threat-en-verb-LO-7oGM4
  2. (transitive, archaic) To threaten. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-threat-en-verb-qkJQJqlD
  3. (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-threat-en-verb-3T2CrfgS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 27 7 4 3 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Richard Rhodes, “Scorpions in a Bottle”, in Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 575",
          "text": "At the height of the crisis, according to a retired SAC wing commander, SAC airborne alert bombers deliberately flew past their turnaround points toward Soviet airspace, an unambiguous threat which Soviet radar operators would certainly have recognized and reported. \"I knew what my target was,\" the SAC general adds: \"Leningrad.\" The bombers only turned around when the Soviet freighters carrying missiles to Cuba stopped dead in the Atlantic.",
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          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "spaṙnalikʻ",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "սպառնալիք"
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuverã"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "təhdid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "hədə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "hədə-qorxu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "mehatxu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pahróza",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пагро́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapláha",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "запла́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenaça"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "威脅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "wai¹ hip³",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "威胁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "威脅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wēixié",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "威胁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hrozba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "výhrůžka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "trussel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "bedreiging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "minaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "uhkaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "menace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ameaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Drohung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apeilí",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απειλή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apeilḗ",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀπειλή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "iyum",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "איום"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "fenyegetés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ancaman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "minaccia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "alt": "きょうはく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōhaku",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "脅迫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "alt": "おどかし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "odokashi",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "脅かし"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "inciman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "amiasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "amiasá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "baibalam",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "байбалам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa kumriem kɑmhaeŋ",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ការគំរាមកំហែង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑmdəy clien-pien",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "សំដីឈ្លានពាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "alt": "威脅",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wihyeop",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "위협"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "alt": "脅迫",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyeopbak",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "협박"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "tehdît"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "gef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "minatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zakana",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "закана"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ugutan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "kapatau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zanal",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "занал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trussel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trussel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "menaça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "þrēa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "doorsisa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tahdid",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "تهدید"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Jedreiw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "groźba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pogróżka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ameaça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenințare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugróza",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "угро́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bagairt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bagradh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пријетња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "претња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prijetnja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pretnja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hrozba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grožnja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "tisho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "bala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "banta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tahdid",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "таҳдид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pai",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ภัย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "คำขู่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "ภยันตราย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "tehdit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pohróza",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "погро́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zahróza",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "загро́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "doʻq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "tahdid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "lời đe doạ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
          "word": "gef"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3",
          "text": "Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An indication of potential or imminent danger."
      ],
      "id": "en-threat-en-noun-W4h~mAky",
      "links": [
        [
          "indication",
          "indication"
        ],
        [
          "potential",
          "potential"
        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuverã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenaça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hrozba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ohrožení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bedreiging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "uhka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "menace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ameaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bedrohung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apeilí",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απειλή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "veszély"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "ancaman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "minaccia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "alt": "きょうい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōi",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "脅威"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "bebaya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "herreşe",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "ھەڕەشە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ajuul zanal",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "аюул занал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trussel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trussel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Jedreiw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zagrożenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "ameaça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenințare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opásnostʹ",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "опа́сность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пријетња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "претња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prijetnja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pretnja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "tisho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "word": "banta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zahróza",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "загро́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nebezpéka",
          "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "небезпе́ка"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC",
          "text": "Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 2022-07-01, Editorials",
          "text": "Japan applauds NATO’s identification of China as a threat in the Strategic Concept. The document notes that China poses “systemic challenges” and declared the “deepening strategic partnership” between Moscow and Beijing as one of its main priorities. Significantly, it explained that developments in distant theaters can “directly affect” trans-Atlantic security.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace."
      ],
      "id": "en-threat-en-noun-yfN57GfW",
      "links": [
        [
          "menace",
          "menace"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 24 75",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amenaça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 24 75",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "ref": "2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 2022-07-01, Editorials",
          "text": "Japan applauds NATO’s identification of China as a threat in the Strategic Concept. The document notes that China poses “systemic challenges” and declared the “deepening strategic partnership” between Moscow and Beijing as one of its main priorities. Significantly, it explained that developments in distant theaters can “directly affect” trans-Atlantic security.",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "hədə-qorxu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "mehatxu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pahróza",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пагро́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapláha",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "запла́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "威脅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wai¹ hip³",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "威胁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "威脅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēixié",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "威胁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hrozba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "výhrůžka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "bedreiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "minaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "uhkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ameaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Drohung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeilí",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απειλή"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apeilḗ",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀπειλή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "iyum",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "איום"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "fenyegetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ancaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minaccia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうはく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōhaku",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "脅迫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おどかし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "odokashi",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "脅かし"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "inciman"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "amiasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "amiasá"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "baibalam",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "байбалам"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa kumriem kɑmhaeŋ",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ការគំរាមកំហែង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑmdəy clien-pien",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "សំដីឈ្លានពាន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "威脅",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wihyeop",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "위협"
    },
    {
      "alt": "脅迫",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyeopbak",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "협박"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "tehdît"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "gef"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zakana",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "закана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ugutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "kapatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zanal",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "занал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þrēa"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "doorsisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tahdid",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "تهدید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jedreiw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "groźba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pogróżka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ameaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenințare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugróza",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "угро́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bagairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bagradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пријетња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "претња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prijetnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pretnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hrozba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grožnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "tisho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "bala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "banta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tahdid",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "таҳдид"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pai",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ภัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "คำขู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "ภยันตราย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "tehdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pohróza",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "погро́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahróza",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "загро́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "doʻq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "tahdid"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "lời đe doạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "expression of intent to injure or punish another",
      "word": "gef"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuverã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hrozba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ohrožení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bedreiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "uhka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "menace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ameaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bedrohung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeilí",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απειλή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "veszély"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "ancaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minaccia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōi",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "脅威"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "bebaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "herreşe",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "ھەڕەشە"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ajuul zanal",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "аюул занал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jedreiw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zagrożenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "ameaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenințare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opásnostʹ",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опа́сность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пријетња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "претња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prijetnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pretnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "tisho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "word": "banta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahróza",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "загро́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nebezpéka",
      "sense": "indication of imminent danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "небезпе́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perill públic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "hrozba"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "minaculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "uhka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "danger public"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ameaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeilí",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απειλή"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minaccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pericolo a popolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōi",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "脅威"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "səyhaʼloo",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "សីហលោ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "substantive"
      ],
      "word": "minax"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "ancaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zagrożenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "ameaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perigo público"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istočnik opasnosti",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "источник опасности"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlo",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зло"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peligro público"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "tisho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "word": "banta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahróza",
      "sense": "person regarded as a danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "загро́за"
    }
  ],
  "word": "threat"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trewd-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛt/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "threten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English threten",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "þrēatian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "drōten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to threaten"
      },
      "expansion": "drōten (“to threaten”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”). Akin to Middle Dutch drōten (“to threaten”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "threats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To press; urge; compel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ],
        [
          "compel",
          "compel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To press; urge; compel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To threaten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "threaten",
          "threaten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To threaten."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɹɛt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθɹet/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɛt/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-threat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-us-threat.ogg/En-us-threat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-threat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "thrĕt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "threat"
}

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