threaten

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
 * He threatened me with a knife.
 * 1) To menace, or be dangerous.
 * The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
 * 1) To portend, or give a warning of.
 * The black clouds threatened heavy rain.
 * 1) To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
 * The new information threatened our original hypothesis.
 * 1)  To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)
 * 2) * 2000, Lew Freedman, Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska, ISBN 0945397828, page 69
 * The player quickly surmised that things weren't kosher and the suddenly wiser ballplayer threatened the world record for the fifty-yard dash as he sought safety. As Reynolds dived into the van, Dietz and the other players rolled with laughter.
 * 1)  To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)
 * 2) * 2000, Lew Freedman, Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska, ISBN 0945397828, page 69
 * The player quickly surmised that things weren't kosher and the suddenly wiser ballplayer threatened the world record for the fifty-yard dash as he sought safety. As Reynolds dived into the van, Dietz and the other players rolled with laughter.
 * The player quickly surmised that things weren't kosher and the suddenly wiser ballplayer threatened the world record for the fifty-yard dash as he sought safety. As Reynolds dived into the van, Dietz and the other players rolled with laughter.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: هَدَّدَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, təhdid etmək
 * Basque: mehatxatu
 * Belarusian: пагража́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: huga, hulga, talhog
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: minaci
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: menaçâ
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀπειλέω
 * Hebrew: איים
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: heristää
 * Interlingua: menaciar
 * Irish: bagair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin:, minitor
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: заканува
 * Malay: ugut
 * Maori: wananga, takutaku, kapatau, whakaweti, whakahakahaka
 * Mongolian:, сүрдүүлэх
 * Ngazidja Comorian: risiza
 * Norman: m'nichi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: true, truge
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: þrēaġan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, pogrozić
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ;
 * Scottish Gaelic: maoidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: претити
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: hroziť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pagbantaan, balaan
 * Tajik: таҳдид кардан
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: погро́жувати
 * Venetian: minasar, manasar
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Zazaki: tersaynayen
 * ǃXóõ: ʻǁna̰ha


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: hulga
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: minaci
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: bagair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: insto
 * Malay:
 * Maori: wananga, whakahakahaka
 * Ngazidja Comorian: shangaza
 * Norman: m'nichi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: true, truge
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ;
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: загро́жувати


 * Arabic: أَنْذَرَ
 * Bulgarian: заканвам се
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Irish: bagair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: kapatau, hākiwakiwa, takareko
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: true, truge
 * Polish:, pogrozić
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Indonesian: ,