dangerous situation
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2.9
- noun
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situación peligrosa
- The climbers found themselves in a dangerous situation after a sudden storm hit the mountain.
- create a dangerous situation
- potentially dangerous situations
- more dangerous situations
You seem to like putting yourself into dangerous situations.
- You seem to like putting yourself into dangerous situations.
- In a word, it is a volatile, very messy, potentially very dangerous situation.
- Having the cognitive flexibility, right, to be able to say, yes, this is a dangerous situation and I better respond this way.
- Courage is what leads us not just into dangerous situations, but helps us get through difficult situations, and pain is really central to that.
- If I didn't get scared for certain situations, I would just walk in with, you know, eyes wide open to a really, really dangerous situation.
- Otherwise we can have a dangerous situation.
- Just just a fool in a dangerous situation.
- But you're already in a, in a place that leads to to that could lead to a dangerous situation for yourself.
- My issue is having been out there and in situations and in dangerous situations with people that I don't feel can back me up.
- I think he sets himself up in an incredibly weak and dangerous situation in that I truly believe, in fact, this will be how we will put this to bed.
- And that is a really dangerous situation That is a sort of a gateway law, right, to prevent trans people from existing in public.
- I was in a dangerous situation and I came out smelling like a rose, you know, and I asked the rabbi like, you know, I didn't.
Examples
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The lack of heaters and record low temps left the passengers in a dangerous situation.
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We need to keep you out of dangerous situations.
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We're facing the most dangerous situation anyone can remember.
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Who told you to come forward in such a dangerous situation?
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This is a very dangerous situation.
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We are in a very dangerous situation here.
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But if you two listen to me, I think I can walk you out of this very dangerous situation.
Fiction book (2002) -
There is a very dangerous situation unfolding right now in Tokyo.
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He's helping us resolve a dangerous situation.
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Addressing the threat now will spare the United States from confronting a far more dangerous situation in the future.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
A chance that people or things will be harmed
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5.7
A serious danger that can cause harm or loss
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3.8
An area or situation where people are likely to be hurt
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2.8
A strong chance that people or property will be harmed
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9.0
A very dangerous situation where people may not survive
How Dangerous
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2.9
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a circumstance with risk of harm' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'dangerous' (capable of causing harm) with the noun 'situation' (circumstances). This straightforward adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and fully predictable for learners who know both constituents, so a B1 learner would readily understand it.
Etymology
Dangerous situation paints a clear picture: imagine standing on a cracked bridge or at the edge of a cliff where you could fall. The parts dangerous (full of danger) and situation (where you are) show why it means 'a case where there is a real risk of harm or injury'.