adjective · neutral
dangerous
/ˈdeɪndʒərəs/DAN·ger·ous
likely to cause harm or injury
Examples
“Driving in icy conditions can be dangerous.”
“It's dangerous to ignore safety warnings.”
“He handled the chemicals in a dangerous way.”
Band 8 sentence
“Allowing untrained staff to operate the machinery under such conditions would be dangerously negligent.”
Collocations
- dangerous situation
- potentially dangerous
- dangerous conditions
Word family
Common mistakes
It is dangerous to drive careful.→It is dangerous to drive carelessly. / It is important to drive carefully.
very dangerous vs too dangerous→very dangerous (rất nguy hiểm) / too dangerous (quá nguy hiểm đến mức không thể...)
Say it for a higher band
5risky→6hazardous→7+dangerous
Synonyms
hazardous
risky
Easily confused
hazardous
“These chemicals are hazardous to human health.”
dangerously
“He drove dangerously fast on the motorway.”
Related words
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In -ous
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