THREAT

Meaning of THREAT in English

■ noun

1》 a statement of an intention to inflict injury, damage, or other hostile action as retribution.

↘ Law a menace of bodily harm, such as may restrain a person's freedom of action.

2》 a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.

↘the possibility of trouble or danger.

Origin

OE thrēat 'oppression', of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

THREAT — I. ˈthret, usu -ed.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English thret threat, coercion, troop, from Old English thrēat coercion, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THREAT — /thret/ , n. 1. a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THREAT — I. ˈthret noun Etymology: Middle English thret coercion, threat, from Old English thrēat coercion; akin to Middle High German drōz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THREAT — [threat] n [ME thret coercion, threat, fr. OE threat coercion; akin to MHG droz annoyance, L trudere to push, thrust] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THREAT — / θret; NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] threat (to do sth) a statement in which you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREAT — threat S3 W2 /θret/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ threaten ; noun : ↑ threat ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THREAT — n. 1 a a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. b Law a menace of bodily hurt or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THREAT — n. 1 a a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. b Law a menace of bodily hurt or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THREAT — n.1 a a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. b Law a menace of bodily hurt or injury, …
Oxford English vocab
THREAT — ( threats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A threat to a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb threat (= when someone leaves a message saying there is a bomb somewhere …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THREAT — [noun] [C] - a suggestion that something unpleasant will happen, esp. if a particular action or order is not followedShe …
Cambridge English vocab
THREAT — noun 1 expression of intention to do harm/punish ADJECTIVE ▪ dire , terrible ▪ Despite dire ~s of violence from …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THREAT — See ↑ PROBABLY 4, ↑ RISK 1, ↑ THREATEN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be under threat • ↑ pose a …
Longman Activator English vocab
THREAT — n. 25B6; noun Maggie ignored his threats : THREATENING REMARK, warning, ultimatum. a possible threat to aircraft : DANGER, peril, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THREAT — n. 1 intimidation, menace, commination, warning, peril, risk, danger, Damoclean sword It is not honesty but the threat of punishment …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THREAT — noun BAD : They used to threat each other with atomic bombs. GOOD : They used to threaten each other …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THREAT — сущ. опасность, угроза under threat of ≈ под угрозой (чего-л.) under threat of reprisals ≈ под угрозой репрессалий to be, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREAT — threat.ogg θret n 1. угроза idle threat - пустая угроза threats and counterthreats - взаимные угрозы threat of a veto …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THREAT — угроза, угрожающее положение - fixed threat - threat evaluation - threat monitoring
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THREAT — threat сущ.опасность, угроза under threat of — под угрозой (чего-л.) under threat of reprisals — под угрозой репрессалий to be, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
THREAT — n 1. угроза idle threat - пустая угроза threats and counterthreats - взаимные угрозы threat of a veto - угроза …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THREAT — сущ. опасность, угроза under threat of — под угрозой (чего-л.) under threat of reprisals — под угрозой репрессалий to be, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THREAT — сущ. опасность, угроза under threat of — под угрозой (чего-л.) under threat of reprisals — под угрозой репрессалий to be, constitute, pose a threat …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THREAT — угроза (потенциальная опасность для компьютерной системы ) - active threat - passive threat
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
THREAT — угроза (потенциальная опасность для компьютерной системы) - active threat - passive threat
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
THREAT — угроза ( потенциальная опасность для компьютерной системы ) - active threat - passive threat
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
THREAT — угроза threat instantly to kill — угроза немедленным убийством; to pose a threat — угрожать - constructive threat - immediate threat - implicit threat - justifiable …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
THREAT — угроза; опасность - groundless threat of infringement proceedings - threat of infringement proceedings - threat of infringement suit
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
THREAT — угроза; потенциально возможное неблагоприятное воздействие см. anticipate the threat см. access threat см. accidential threat см. active threat см. advertent …
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерной безопасности
THREAT — сущ. опасность, угроза under threat of ≈ под угрозой (чего-л.) under threat of reprisals ≈ под угрозой репрессалий to be, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREAT — n. menacie (-iar)
English interlingue dictionary
THREAT — hulga
English-Visayan vocabulary
THREAT — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thret coercion, ~, from Old English thrēat coercion; akin to Middle High German drōz annoyance, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THREAT — (n.) To threaten.
Английский словарь Webster
THREAT — (n.) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or …
Английский словарь Webster
THREAT — ( n. ) To threaten.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREAT — ( n. ) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREAT — n. expression of intent to damage or injure, intimidation, danger
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THREAT — noun to threaten. 2. threat ·noun the expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration …
Webster English vocab
THREAT — n. Function: verb Date: before 12th century archaic : THREATEN
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THREAT — n. Pronunciation: ' thret Function: noun Etymology: Middle English thret coercion, threat, from Old English thr ē at coercion; akin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THREAT — threat BrE AmE θret ▷ threats θrets
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THREAT — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ to a person …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THREAT — Synonyms and related words : admonishment, admonition, alarm, breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, caution, caveat, commination, crisis, danger, dangerous …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THREAT — See: TRIPLE THREAT.
Slang English vocab
THREAT — n. Menace, denunciation.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
THREAT — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
THREAT — n. 1) to issue, make, utter a ~ 2) to carry out, fulfill a ~ 3) to be, constitute, pose …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
THREAT — See: TRIPLE THREAT.
Словарь английских идиом
THREAT — hatter
Anagrams English vocabulary
THREAT — Capabilities, intentions, and attack methods of adversaries to exploit, or any circumstance or event with the potential to cause harm …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
THREAT — beotword
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
THREAT — A move or plan, that, if allowed, leads to immediate reduction of the enemy's position.
English Glossary of Chess Terms
THREAT — Угроза
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
THREAT — (n) угроза
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
THREAT — n 1. угроза idle ~ - пустая угроза ~s and counter~s - взаимные угрозы ~ of a veto - угроза …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THREAT — n. угроза, грозное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THREAT — n. угроза, грозное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THREAT — в соч. - threat of accidents
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
THREAT — в соч. - threat of accidents
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
THREAT — угроза - gape threat
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
THREAT — угроза - gape threat
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
THREAT — _n. угроза; there is a threat of rain - собирается дождь _Syn: danger
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Concise Oxford English vocab

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