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# threat

noun (a threat, threats)

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

## Everyday

1. A threat is when someone says they will hurt you or do something bad if you do not do what they want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#m1)
2. A threat is also something or someone that could cause danger or harm, like a storm or a disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#m2)
3. A sign that something bad may happen is a threat of it, like «a threat of rain». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons a threat must be told to a trusted adult and never kept secret; in science, threats to animals include pollution and habitat loss. Phrases: «make a threat», «under threat», «a threat to», «the threat of», «an empty threat».

### Examples

- The bully made a threat, so I told my teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x1)
- Pollution is a threat to sea animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x2)
- There is a threat of thunderstorms tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x3)
- Pandas were under threat, but their numbers are growing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x4)
- Don't give in to threats; get help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x5)
- His warning was just an empty threat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x6)
- Wildfires are a threat in hot, dry summers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x7)
- The old Fairy fancied she was slighted, and muttered some threat between her teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threat/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Verb: threaten; adjective: threatening. Pronounced THRET (th as in «thin»). Online threats are serious too: save them and tell an adult. «Under threat» means in danger.

## On Mova

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