/θret/
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Translation
Words that say someone will hurt you, or anything that may cause harm.
Word origin
From Old English threat, which first meant a crowd pressing in on someone.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- threat
- English cognates
- threaten
Grammar
Gender
Pluralthreats
Examples
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A threat is words that say someone will do something bad.
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A threat can also be anything that may cause harm.
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"Threat" is countable, so we can say "a threat" and "two threats".
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