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# threatened

verb form (threaten, threatens, threatened, threatening); adjective (threatened)

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

## Everyday

1. Threatened is the past form of threaten: someone said they would do something bad to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#m1)
2. Threatened (adjective) means feeling in danger or unsafe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#m2)
3. A threatened animal or plant is in danger of dying out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, «threatened species» are animals and plants at risk because of hunting, pollution or habitat loss, like some kinds of turtles and koalas. In wellbeing and safety lessons, if you feel threatened, you should move to a safe place and tell an adult. In stories, a threatened character may run, hide or fight back.

### Examples

- The bully threatened him at the bus stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x1)
- I felt threatened, so I went inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x2)
- Tigers are a threatened species. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x3)
- The town was threatened by floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x4)
- A threatened cat arches its back and hisses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x5)
- She threatened to tell the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x6)
- Many frogs are threatened by disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x7)
- Tell an adult if you ever feel threatened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x8)
- He threatened to beat her if she did not hold her tongue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threatened/#x9)

### Note

Past form and past participle of «threaten»; also an adjective. «Threatened» and «endangered» are close: scientists use «threatened» as a wider group that includes endangered species. «Feel threatened» means feel in danger.

## On Mova

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