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{
"term": "threat",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a statement in which you tell somebody that you will punish or harm them, especially if they do not do what you want",
"sensetop": "threat against somebody/somethingthreat to do somethingthreat of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **make threats** against somebody",
"contextForm": "threat against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She is prepared to **carry out her threat** to resign.",
"contextForm": "threat to do something"
},
{
"text": "She received **death threats** on social media."
},
{
"text": "a phony **bomb threat**"
},
{
"text": "crimes involving violence or the threat of violence",
"contextForm": "threat of something"
},
{
"text": "It's unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out."
},
{
"text": "The kids took no notice of the teacher's idle threats."
},
{
"text": "The company's pay offer was accompanied by thinly veiled threats if it was rejected."
},
{
"text": "The government refused to give in to the hijackers' threats."
},
{
"text": "Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["dire", "terrible", "empty"],
"verb + threat": ["issue", "make", "utter"],
"preposition": ["threat against"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the possibility of trouble, danger or disaster",
"sensetop": "under threat (from somebody/something)threat of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.",
"contextForm": "under threat (from somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "Many wild plants are under threat of extinction."
},
{
"text": "There is a real threat of war.",
"contextForm": "threat of something"
},
{
"text": "the **threat of terrorism/violence/attack**"
},
{
"text": "the **imminent/immediate/real/potential threat** of something"
},
{
"text": "With little access to clean drinking water and sanitation, the inhabitants **face a** constant **threat** of disease."
},
{
"text": "The forecast is for rain with the threat of thunderstorms."
},
{
"text": "At the end of the Cold War, the **nuclear threat** receded."
},
{
"text": "What can we do to counter this threat?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "dangerous"],
"verb + threat": ["be", "constitute", "pose"],
"threat + noun": ["assessment", "level"],
"preposition": ["under threat", "threat from", "threat of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person or thing that is likely to cause trouble, danger, etc.",
"sensetop": "threat to somebody/somethingthreat from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Drugs **pose a major threat** to our society.",
"contextForm": "threat to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "We're facing a very strong **terrorist threat**."
},
{
"text": "He is unlikely to be a threat to the Spanish player in the final."
},
{
"text": "The missiles present a clear **threat to the security** of the nation."
},
{
"text": "The magazine asked about the greatest **threats to** world **peace**."
},
{
"text": "a threat to health/life/safety"
},
{
"text": "the threat from overfishing",
"contextForm": "threat from something"
},
{
"text": "Viruses and other internet **security threats** can look like valid files or photos."
},
{
"text": "Food insecurity represents a **serious threat** for humanity."
},
{
"text": "the environmental threat posed by oil spillages"
},
{
"text": "Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood."
},
{
"text": "The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government."
},
{
"text": "The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "dangerous"],
"verb + threat": ["be", "constitute", "pose"],
"threat + noun": ["assessment", "level"],
"preposition": ["under threat", "threat from", "threat of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/θret/",
"audio": "th/threat/threat__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/θret/",
"audio": "th/threat/threat__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English thrēat ‘oppression’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verdrieten ‘grieve’, German verdriessen ‘irritate’."
}