Threat | Mean of threat in English Dictionary
/ˈθrɛt/
- Noun
- a statement saying you will be harmed if you do not do what someone wants you to do
- He was willing to use violence and threats to get what he wanted.
- She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right.
- bomb/death threats
- He carried out his threat. [=he did the thing that he threatened to do]
- She said she would leave him, but he knew it was an idle/empty threat. [=he knew that she did not mean it]
- an action done under threat [=done by someone who has been threatened with harm]
- someone or something that could cause trouble, harm, etc.
- The country is a great/major/serious threat to world peace.
- He perceived the question as a threat to his authority.
- These people are not a threat to the social order.
- Their financial problems are a threat to their marriage.
- the possibility that something bad or harmful could happen
- We can't ignore the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
- The weather forecast calls for cloudy skies with a threat of rain.
- There is a real threat of civil war.
- a country under threat of civil war