dangerous

«dangerous» in Mova's school dictionary: Able or likely to hurt or harm someone: "a dangerous road" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (dangerous, more dangerous, most dangerous)

meaning for a pupil

1) Able or likely to hurt or harm someone: "a dangerous road". tree →

2) Full of risk: "a dangerous game". tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, dangerous things are named so we can avoid them: dangerous animals, dangerous chemicals (bleach), traffic, deep water, fire, electricity. Warning signs and labels say "Danger". Phrases: dangerous for, too dangerous, dangerous driving.

examples

• It is dangerous to play near the road. tree →
• Some snakes are dangerous. tree →
• Bleach is dangerous if you swallow it. tree →
• Deep water can be dangerous. tree →
• Climbing on the roof is too dangerous. tree →
• Never touch a dangerous chemical. tree →
• The storm made the sea dangerous. tree →
• Plugs and water together are dangerous. tree →

note

Noun: "danger". Comparatives with "more/most": more dangerous, not "dangerouser". "Dangerous" is not the same as "scary": some scary things are safe and some calm-looking things are dangerous.

In the corpora

• The flu jab is free for the over-sixty-fives because flu is much more dangerous for older people.
• Drinking and driving is against the law and dangerous.
• Tense music, close-ups and slow motion make ordinary mistakes feel dangerous; turn the sound down and the drama shrinks.
• A stunt double is a trained stunt performer who stands in for an actor in the dangerous moments.
• Keepers have «hands-off» rules for dangerous animals and «hands-on» care for gentle ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dangerous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.