Meaning of JEOPARDY
| Pronunciation: | | 'jepurdee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" |
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| | Synonyms: | | hazard, peril, risk |
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| | See Also: | | danger, health hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles | |
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| | Definition: | |  JEOPARDY
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.
\Jeop"ard*y\, v. t.
To jeopardize. [R.] --Thackeray.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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