jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

jeopardise (British)

Etymology

From jeopardy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.pə.dʌɪz/
Audio (UK) (file)

Verb

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

(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 entʿarkel)
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)
Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it)
Japanese: 危うくにさらす (あやうにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xistina talûkê, xistina metirsiyê
Maori: whakamōrea
Portuguese: pôr em jogo
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