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• pose a threat to security — comprise a menace to safety, be a threat to public safety …   English contemporary dictionary

• threat — W2S2 [θret] n [: Old English;] 1.) [U and C] a statement in which you tell someone that you will cause them harm or trouble if they do not do what you want ▪ Your threats don t scare me. threat of ▪ the threat of military invasion threat from ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• threat — [ θret ] noun *** 1. ) count an occasion when someone says that they will cause you harm or problems, especially if you do not do what they tell you to do: threat of: After threats of legal action they stopped the construction. make/issue a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• threat´en|ing|ly — threat|en «THEHT uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make a threat against; say what will be done to hurt or punish: »to threaten a person with imprisonment. The farmer threatened to shoot any dog that killed one of his sheep. 2. Figurative. to give… …   Useful english dictionary

• threat´en|er — threat|en «THEHT uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make a threat against; say what will be done to hurt or punish: »to threaten a person with imprisonment. The farmer threatened to shoot any dog that killed one of his sheep. 2. Figurative. to give… …   Useful english dictionary

• threat|en — «THEHT uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make a threat against; say what will be done to hurt or punish: »to threaten a person with imprisonment. The farmer threatened to shoot any dog that killed one of his sheep. 2. Figurative. to give warning of… …   Useful english dictionary

• threat — n. 1) to issue, make, utter a threat 2) to carry out, fulfill a threat 3) to be, constitute, pose a threat 4) a covert; dire, grave, serious; direct; empty, idle; explicit; imminent; implicit; terroristic; veiled threat 5) a security threat 6) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• threat */*/*/ — UK [θret] / US noun Word forms threat : singular threat plural threats 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger threat to: Officials were confident there had been no threat to public health. a threat… …   English dictionary

• threat — /Tret/ noun 1 (C, U) a statement that you will cause someone pain, unhappiness, or trouble: Your threats don t scare me! (+ of): the threat of strike action | make/issue a threat against: Threats have been made against the book s author. | give… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pose — pose1 W3 [pəuz US pouz] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cause problem)¦ 2¦(picture)¦ 3 pose a question 4 pose as somebody 5¦(to impress people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: poser, from Late Latin pausare to stop, rest , from Latin pausa; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pose — [[t]po͟ʊz[/t]] ♦♦♦ poses, posing, posed 1) VERB If something poses a problem or a danger, it is the cause of that problem or danger. [V n] This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry... [V n] His ill health poses serious problems for… …   English dictionary