jeopardize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- jeopardise (British)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.dɑɪz/
Verb[edit]
jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)
- (US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
- After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.
- 1968, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, spoken by HAL 9000:
- This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Translations[edit]
put in jeopardy
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