jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

• jeopardise (British)

Etymology

From jeopardy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.dɑɪz/

Verb

jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)

1. (US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

   After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.

   • 1968, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, spoken by HAL 9000:

     This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Translations

put in jeopardy

Armenian: վտանգել (hy) (vtangel), վտանգի ենթարկել (vtangi entʻarkel) Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost) Catalan: posar en perill, amenaçar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 使受危險／使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn), 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí) Dutch: bedreigen (nl), in gevaar brengen, op de helling zetten Estonian: ohustama Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa vaaraan French: mettre en danger (fr) Georgian: საფრთხეში ჩაგდება (saprtxeši čagdeba), განსაცდელში ჩაგდება (gansacdelši čagdeba) German: gefährden (de), in Gefahr bringen Greek: διακυνδινέυω n (diakyndinéyo) Hungarian: kockára tesz, kockáztat (hu), veszélyeztet (hu) Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it) Japanese: 危うきにさらす (あやうきにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xistina talûkê, xistina metirsiyê Maori: whakamōrea Portuguese: pôr em jogo, comprometer (pt) Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: угро̀зити Roman: ugròziti (sh) Spanish: poner en peligro, perjudicar (es) Swedish: riskera (sv) Turkish: tehlikeye atmak