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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Meaning of "imperil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPERIL

imperil  [ɪmˈpɛrɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPERIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imperil is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb imperil in English.

WHAT DOES IMPERIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of imperil in the English dictionary

The definition of imperil in the dictionary is to place in danger or jeopardy; endanger.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IMPERIL

PRESENT

Present
I imperil
you imperil
he/she/it imperils
we imperil
you imperil
they imperil
Present continuous
I am imperiling
you are imperiling
he/she/it is imperiling
we are imperiling
you are imperiling
they are imperiling
Present perfect
I have imperiled
you have imperiled
he/she/it has imperiled
we have imperiled
you have imperiled
they have imperiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been imperiling
you have been imperiling
he/she/it has been imperiling
we have been imperiling
you have been imperiling
they have been imperiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I imperiled
you imperiled
he/she/it imperiled
we imperiled
you imperiled
they imperiled
Past continuous
I was imperiling
you were imperiling
he/she/it was imperiling
we were imperiling
you were imperiling
they were imperiling
Past perfect
I had imperiled
you had imperiled
he/she/it had imperiled
we had imperiled
you had imperiled
they had imperiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been imperiling
you had been imperiling
he/she/it had been imperiling
we had been imperiling
you had been imperiling
they had been imperiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will imperil
you will imperil
he/she/it will imperil
we will imperil
you will imperil
they will imperil
Future continuous
I will be imperiling
you will be imperiling
he/she/it will be imperiling
we will be imperiling
you will be imperiling
they will be imperiling
Future perfect
I will have imperiled
you will have imperiled
he/she/it will have imperiled
we will have imperiled
you will have imperiled
they will have imperiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been imperiling
you will have been imperiling
he/she/it will have been imperiling
we will have been imperiling
you will have been imperiling
they will have been imperiling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would imperil
you would imperil
he/she/it would imperil
we would imperil
you would imperil
they would imperil
Conditional continuous
I would be imperiling
you would be imperiling
he/she/it would be imperiling
we would be imperiling
you would be imperiling
they would be imperiling
Conditional perfect
I would have imperil
you would have imperil
he/she/it would have imperil
we would have imperil
you would have imperil
they would have imperil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been imperiling
you would have been imperiling
he/she/it would have been imperiling
we would have been imperiling
you would have been imperiling
they would have been imperiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you imperil
we let´s imperil
you imperil
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to imperil
Past participle
imperiled
Present Participle
imperiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPERIL


acetonitrile
əˌsiːtəʊˈnaɪtrɪl
aryl
ˈærɪl
Benadryl
ˈbɛnədrɪl
beryl
ˈbɛrɪl
brill
brɪl
chrysoberyl
ˈkrɪsəˌbɛrɪl
drill
drɪl
escadrille
ˌɛskəˈdrɪl
espadrille
ˌɛspəˈdrɪl
fibril
ˈfaɪbrɪl
frill
frɪl
grill
ɡrɪl
grille
ɡrɪl
krill
krɪl
nitrile
ˈnaɪtrɪl
peril
ˈpɛrɪl
prill
prɪl
quadrille
kwɒˈdrɪl
thrill
θrɪl
trill
trɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPERIL

imperial gallon
imperial preference
imperial system
Imperial War Museum
imperialism
imperialist
imperialistic
imperialistically
imperially
imperialness
imperilled
imperilling
imperilment
imperious
imperiously
imperiousness
imperishability
imperishable
imperishableness
imperishably

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPERIL

April
aril
Bovril
captopril
courbaril
Cyril
enalapril
Estoril
gomeril
mandril
meril
microfibril
myofibril
nombril
nostril
scurril
tendril
tumbril
vril
yellow peril

Synonyms and antonyms of imperil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPERIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «imperil» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of imperil

Translation of «imperil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPERIL

Find out the translation of imperil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of imperil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imperil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

危害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en peligro
570 millions of speakers

English

imperil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संकट में डालना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للخطر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угрозу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pôr em perigo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপদ্গ্রস্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en péril
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Imperil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gefährden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

危険にさらす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위태롭게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imperil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm nguy hiểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆபத்திற்குள்ளாக்கிவிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संकटग्रस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tehlikeye sokmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pericolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zagrażać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загрозу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

periclita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να θέσει σε κίνδυνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

äventyra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imperil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imperil

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERIL»

The term «imperil» is normally little used and occupies the 119.609 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of imperil
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «imperil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «imperil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imperil

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «IMPERIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word imperil.
1
Christian Nestell Bovee
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
2
Eddie Bernice Johnson
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPERIL»

Discover the use of imperil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imperil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Do Presidential Systems Imperil Democratization
This essay will analyze in what ways presidential systems influence democratic consolidation.
Max-Emanuel Hatzold, 2009
2
Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and ...
While some of the errors are laugh-out-loud funny, the book also offers a serious investigation of contemporary journalism’s lack of accountability to the public, and a rousing call to arms for all news organizations to mend their ways ...
Craig Silverman, 2009
3
The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant ...
The Death of the West is a timely, provocative study that asks the question that quietly troubles millions: Is the America we grew up in gone forever?
Patrick J. Buchanan, 2010
4
Knowledge of 21st Century
And if a man thinks that in this life he/she has a lot of tough trials, it means that in the last incarnation a man didn't work out anything, but even accumulated much imperil. QUESTION: What does the length of life on the Earth depend on?
De Vida inc, Sergey Tmenov, 2011
5
By Honor Bound: State and Society in Early Modern Russia
Svod zakonov Rossiiskoi imperil, poveleniem Imperatora Nikolaia Pavlovicha sostavlen- nyi. Vol. 3: Svod uchrezhdenii gosudarstvennykh i gubernskikh. Pt. III. Ustavy o sluzhbe grazhdanskoi. St. Petersburg, 1832. Svod zakonov Rossiiskoi ...
Nancy Shields Kollmann, 1999
6
The Cultural Gradient: The Transmission of Ideas in Europe, ...
Translatio. Imperil. and. Translatio. Religionis: The. "Geography. of. Salvation". in. Russian. and. American. Messianic. Thinking. Laurence. Dickey. Aside from paying tribute to my teacher and mentor, Martin Malia, the scholarly aim of this ...
Catherine Evtuhov, Stephen Kotkin, 2003
7
Food for Thought
Salus Imperil, the health of the supreme power, is salus Imperil, the health of the area where this supreme power is exercised. In other words, the health of the King is the health of the kingdom. In this respect, then, the following is an instance of ...
Louis Marin, 1997
8
Water Crisis in the West: Do Shortages Imperil the Region's ...
Across the West, water is becoming an endangered resource as a warming climate adds new stress to an already strained supply.
Peter Katel, CQ Press, 2011
9
Catalogue of Exhibits of Malayan Produce Sent to the Imperil ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anonymous, 2011
10
Catalogue of Exhibits of Malayan Produce Sent to the Imperil ...
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Books, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPERIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imperil is used in the context of the following news items.
1
For Tony Abbott, it's full steam ahead on coal, 'the foundation of …
Rather than seeing it as immoral to burn fossil fuels and imperil the world's poor with climate change, the moral good is in providing them with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Marco Rubio Loves NASA's Pluto Work, But Has Supported Budgets …
that included funding cuts for NASA in the past -- cuts that NASA said could imperil core programs. He's argued for maintaining funding at ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Junk Explained: Everything You Need To Know About The Trans …
Many observers fear the TPP could imperil national sovereignty and democracy, too. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz compared ... «Junkee, Jul 15»
4
Hacked computers show U.S. weaknesses | HamptonRoads.com …
... and concerted effort, across government agencies and branches, to safeguard information that, in the wrong hands, could imperil lives. «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»
5
John Montague on Christine Dwyer Hickey: 'a rich and varied oeuvre'
In one beautifully cinematic scene, Bella walks up to the Old Town where she learns of the new race laws that will imperil the boy in her charge. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
The White House Continues Efforts to Regulate Coal Industry …
Conservative and industry critics have worked to derail the rulemaking for years, arguing that the regulation will imperil the already-struggling ... «GovExec.com, Jul 15»
7
Uber, labor law, and the state of the 'sharing economy' - KPCC
In other cities where Uber operates, critics had complained that a lack of licensing and background checks of drivers could imperil those who ... «89.3 KPCC, Jul 15»
8
Cyclists allege road rage in crash video - WTSP.com
Bike safety advocates wonder if the small fine doled out by the police could imperil the city's reputation as welcoming tourists and day-trippers ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
9
Chamber blows smoke ... somewhere ... on principle
... dangers, other times contending that graphic warnings don't work and still others insisting that such rules imperil intellectual property. «La Crosse Tribune, Jul 15»
10
Airline Workers Ask For Federal Probe of Alleged Racism, Safety …
Besides endangering airline workers, the violations also imperil the flying public, Mildenberg warned. He also urged Lynch to appoint a ... «AviationPros.com, Jul 15»

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