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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#m1)

2) Full of risk: "a dangerous game". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x1)
- Some snakes are dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x2)
- Bleach is dangerous if you swallow it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x3)
- Deep water can be dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x4)
- Climbing on the roof is too dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x5)
- Never touch a dangerous chemical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x6)
- The storm made the sea dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x7)
- Plugs and water together are dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/19/)
- [Drinking and driving is against the law and dangerous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/11/)
- [Tense music, close-ups and slow motion make ordinary mistakes feel dangerous; turn the sound down and the drama shrinks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/13/)
- [A stunt double is a trained stunt performer who stands in for an actor in the dangerous moments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/8/)
- [Keepers have «hands-off» rules for dangerous animals and «hands-on» care for gentle ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dangerous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.