Kilo Lingo

/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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This word is part of lesson 29.