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Jeopardy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JEOPARDY, n. jep'ardy. Exposure to death, loss or injury; hazard; danger; peril.
They were filled with water and were in jeopardy.
Luke 8.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English jeopardie, from Anglo-French juparti, jeuparti alternative, literally, divided game Date: 14th century 1. exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury ; danger 2. the danger that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 danger, esp. of severe harm or loss. 2 Law danger resulting from being on trial for a criminal offence. Etymology: ME iuparti f. OF ieu parti divided (i.e. even) game, f. L jocus game + partitus past part. of partire divide f. pars partis part

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jeopardy Jeop"ard*y, n. [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.] Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. --Luke viii. 23. Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. --Shak. Syn: Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jeopardy Jeop"ard*y, v. t. To jeopardize. [R.] --Thackeray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone or something is in jeopardy, they are in a dangerous situation where they might fail, be lost, or be destroyed. A series of setbacks have put the whole project in jeopardy. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Hazard, danger, peril, risk, venture.

Moby Thesaurus

accident, breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, chance, compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground, emergency, endangerment, exposure, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, hap, hazard, house of cards, imperil, imperilment, jeopard, jeopardize, liability, menace, openness, pass, peril, pinch, plight, predicament, quicksand, risk, rocks ahead, sensitiveness, storm clouds, strait, susceptibility, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, vulnerability