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noun
- 1. danger of loss, harm, or failure: "Michael's job was not in jeopardy"
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The meaning of JEOPARDY is exposure to or imminence of loss or injury : danger. How to use jeopardy in a sentence. Did you know?
noun. uk / ˈdʒep.ə.di / us / ˈdʒep.ɚ.di / in jeopardy. Add to word list. in danger of being damaged or destroyed: The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spill. Synonyms. hazard (DANGER) peril formal. risk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unsafe and insecure. appealingly. at stake idiom.
Jeopardy definition: hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury. See examples of JEOPARDY used in a sentence.
Definitions of jeopardy. noun. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. synonyms: endangerment, hazard, peril, risk. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˈdʒɛpərdi/ UK. /ˈdʒɛpədi/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Jeopardy." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/jeopardy.
noun. us / ˈdʒep.ɚ.di / uk / ˈdʒep.ə.di / in jeopardy. Add to word list. in danger of being damaged or destroyed: The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spill. Synonyms. hazard (DANGER) peril formal. risk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unsafe and insecure. appealingly. at stake idiom.
1. hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury. For a moment his life was in jeopardy. 2. peril or danger. The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered. 3. Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.
1. risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury; hazard; danger: to put one's life in jeopardy. 2. Law. the hazard that a defendant will suffer punishment when found guilty in a criminal proceeding.
Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of a question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek.
JEOPARDY meaning: in a situation in which someone or something is exposed to possible injury, loss, or evil in danger.
noun. /ˈdʒepədi/ /ˈdʒepərdi/ Word Origin. Idioms. in jeopardy. in a dangerous position or situation and likely to be lost or harmed. The civil war has put thousands of lives in jeopardy. The future of the school and 50 jobs are in jeopardy. Thousands of jobs could be in jeopardy. see also double jeopardy Topics Danger c2.
