n.
- the possibility of suffering harm or injury.
▸a cause of harm or injury.
- the possibility of something unwelcome or unpleasant:
there was no danger of the champagne running out.
Phrase
- be on
(or off)
the danger list
Brit. be critically ill (or no longer critically ill).
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘jurisdiction or power’, ‘power to harm’): from OFr. dangier, based on L. dominus ‘lord’.