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# endangered

adjective (endangered); also the past form of «endanger» (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)

«endangered» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An endangered animal or plant is one that may soon die out completely because very few are left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#m1)
2. Endangered means put in danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons, endangered species include tigers, pandas, orangutans, sea turtles and kakapos; causes are loss of habitat, hunting, pollution and climate change. In everyday life, people help by protecting habitats and not buying products that harm them. Phrases: «endangered species», «critically endangered», «endangered animals».

### Examples

- Tigers are an endangered species. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x1)
- The kakapo is a critically endangered parrot from New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x2)
- Cutting down forests puts animals on the endangered list. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x3)
- We did a project on endangered sea turtles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x4)
- Driving too fast endangered the children's lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x5)
- Zoos help to breed endangered animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x6)
- Some endangered plants grow only on one island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/#x7)

### Note

«Endangered» is not the same as «extinct»: endangered animals still exist but might die out; extinct ones are gone forever (like dinosaurs). In maths, problems may compare how many are left (numbers falling year on year).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means put in danger or at risk of harm. The verse is a proverb about how every kind of work has its own risks.

**Interpretation.** Ecclesiastes is read as noting that even ordinary labor carries hazards, so a person needs wisdom and care to work safely.

### Examples

- Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. (Writings ECC.10.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/endangered/#x1)

### Note

«Endangered» is not the same as «extinct»: endangered animals still exist but might die out; extinct ones are gone forever (like dinosaurs). In maths, problems may compare how many are left (numbers falling year on year).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «endangered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«endangered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/endangered.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «endangered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/endangered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«endangered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/endangered.html) on Mova free.