Simple meaning
What does Threaten mean?
to put something at risk.
Dictionary definition
to create a risk of harm or trouble.
Example sentences
Threaten in a sentence
easy
The teacher used threaten to explain how change can happen over time.
medium
In science class, we tracked data to see when values would threaten during the experiment.
hard
During discussion, students compared how threaten changed the process and affected the final outcome.
Synonyms
Words like Threaten
related actionSimilar change word used in process descriptions.
similar process termClose meaning with slight context differences.
Antonyms
Opposite words
opposite changeUseful contrast showing the reverse direction.
no changeContrast when a process stays the same.
Word family
Threaten word family
Base word
threaten
verb
threaten
Base form.
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Practice 1
What does threaten mean?
Threaten means to put something at risk.
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