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The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Meaning of "threatened" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THREATENED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THREATENED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Threatened is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THREATENED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

threatened

Threatened species

Threatened species are any species which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of critical depensation, a mathematical measure of biomass related to population growth rate. This quantitative metric is one method of evaluating the degree of endangerment.

Definition of threatened in the English dictionary

The definition of threatened in the dictionary is in danger or under threat. Other definition of threatened is endangered or dying out.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THREATENED


disheartened
dɪsˈhɑːtənd
enlightened
ɪnˈlaɪtənd
frightened
ˈfraɪtənd
mittened
ˈmɪtənd
patterned
ˈpætənd
presweetened
priːˈswiːtənd
tartaned
ˈtɑːtənd
unbuttoned
ʌnˈbʌtənd
unenlightened
ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənd
unfrightened
ʌnˈfraɪtənd
unlightened
ʌnˈlaɪtənd
unpatterned
ʌnˈpætənd
unsweetened
ʌnˈswiːtənd
unthreatened
ʌnˈθretənd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THREATENED

threadfin
threadier
threadiest
threadiness
threadless
threadlike
threadmaker
Threadneedle Street
threads
threadworm
thready
threap
threaper
threat
threaten
threatener
threatening
threatening behaviour
threateningly
threatful

WORDS THAT END LIKE THREATENED

battle hardened
blackened
burdened
chastened
darkened
hardened
heightened
overburdened
stiffened
straitened
the heavens opened
unawakened
unchastened
unchristened
unleavened
unlistened
unmoistened
unopened
unsoftened
wizened

Synonyms and antonyms of threatened in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THREATENED»

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

Translation of «threatened» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THREATENED

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

Translator English - Chinese

受到威胁的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amenazado
570 millions of speakers

English

threatened
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धमकी दी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مهددة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угрозой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ameaçado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

menacé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terancam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bedroht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脅かされて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위험에 처한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaancam punah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị đe dọa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சுறுத்தலுக்குள்ளான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धोक्यात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tehdit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minacciato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zagrożone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загрозою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amenințate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απειλούμενων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedreigde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hotade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

truet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of threatened

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THREATENED»

The term «threatened» is very widely used and occupies the 11.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THREATENED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «threatened» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «threatened» 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 threatened

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10 QUOTES WITH «THREATENED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word threatened.
1
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.
2
Peter Lewis Allen
Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.
3
Gloria Allred
There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.
4
Steve Antin
I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burlesque' on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. It's a place I know intimately well and love, and I think there's a great story to be told with L.A.
5
Jose Maria Aznar
We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some.
6
Kelly Brook
I think the more mediocre you are the better you do because people need to think you're their friend, they don't want to be threatened by you, you've got to be warm, you've got to be not too smart, not too pretty, not too anything.
7
Tammy Bruce
The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized that political corruption and incompetence threatened not only their families, but the future of the nation itself.
8
Steve Buyer
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
9
Matt Cartwright
East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados; and western states commonly face damaging droughts. Extreme weather does not discriminate by American geography.
10
Rosanne Cash
I think it is wrong that we went against The U.N. and that we have alienated our allies and invaded a country that hasn't threatened us, that it is a pre-emptive strike.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THREATENED»

Discover the use of threatened in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to threatened and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Can Threatened Languages be Saved?: Reversing Language ...
This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.
Joshua A. Fishman, 2001
2
Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims
Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. Threatened Children asks why.
Joel Best, 1993
3
Nothing real can be threatened: exploring a Course in miracles
Discusses a path towards spiritual development, explains how to achieve freedom from fear, and looks at the limitations of thought
Tara Singh, 1989
4
Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal
Fascinating new insights into the famous Australian marsupial Packed with information that has only been published in scientific journals, if ever at all, this collection of biological facts challenges the misconceptions associated with ...
David Owen, David Pemberton, 2011
5
Security Threatened: Surveying Israeli Opinion on Peace and War
Security Threatened is the first major analysis of the interactions among opinion, politics and policy in Israel since the Six Days war of 1967.
Alan Arian, 1995
6
Spoken Here: Travels among Threatened Languages
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Mark Abley, 2011
7
Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders: World Migration and ...
In this collection of original essays, sponsored by The American Assembly, some of America's leading authorities from government, academia, religious and other nonprofit organizations, the law, and the media examine the critical issues at ...
Michael S. Teitelbaum, Myron Weiner, 1995
8
A Guide to Endangered and Threatened Species in Virginia
This book will prove useful both as a reference work and a field tool for professional biologists and ecologists, as well as land managers, planners, developers, teachers, students, and all others seeking information about conserving and ...
Karen Terwilliger, John R. Tate, Susan L. Woodward, 1995
9
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Jersey
Written primarily by the people who know these species best, the biologists of the New Jersey's Endangered and Nongame Species program, the book is divided into seven sections¾ mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and ...
Bruce E. Beans, Larry Niles, 2003
10
Endangered and Threatened Animals of Florida and Their Habitats
This fully illustrated book is a comprehensive, yet convenient and easy-to-understand guide to Florida's endangered and threatened animals and the habitats that support them.
Chris Scott, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THREATENED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term threatened is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Jersey man admits he conspired to traffic threatened turtle …
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey man has admitted he kept turtles considered threatened under state law at his home and shipped them to buyers by tying the ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
2
Lion among 23000 species threatened with extinction, say …
In an update to its “Red List” of threatened species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) hailed some clear advances in saving ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Man who threatened Sen. Manchin sentenced to 18 months
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man who threatened U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's life has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Steven Anthony ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
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Police: Man threatened to decapitate neighbor with machete
LOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts man is being held on $10,000 bail after authorities say he threatened to cut off his neighbor's head with a machete unless ... «Boston Herald, Jun 15»
5
Kennesaw State Announces Punishment For Advisor Who …
Kennesaw State Announces Punishment For Advisor Who Threatened To Call Security On Student. The Huffington Post | By Tyler Kingkade · Email. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
6
911 caller: Woman threatened suicide before kids found dead
EAST HAVEN, Conn. —A 911 caller told police that a Connecticut woman had threatened to kill herself before her two children were found dead and she was ... «WCVB Boston, Jun 15»
7
Rallies after student threatened over Charlie Hebdo tribute
People hold a poster reading "Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie)" during a rally in Paris on Jan. 11, 2015, in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by ... «Yahoo News, May 15»
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U.S. House takes steps to remove lesser prairie chicken from …
The U.S. House has taken steps to remove the lesser prairie chicken from the "threatened" and "endangered" lists until 2021. «Topeka Capital Journal, May 15»
9
Nashville Teen Threatened To Bomb Schools, Massacre Teachers …
An email sent early Thursday to Nashville's Antioch High School threatened a "columbine or sandy hook like shooting" and made graphically violent threats ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
10
Major Pennsylvania bat species 'threatened' due to disease
The northern long-eared bat, until recently one of the most common bat species in Pennsylvania, has been listed as "threatened" by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... «Allentown Morning Call, Apr 15»

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