different between threat vs thereat
threat
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: thr?t, IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þr?at (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þraut? (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), whence also Middle Low German dr?t (“threat, menace, danger”), Middle High German dr?z (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Latin tr?d? (“push”, verb).
Noun
threat (plural threats)
- An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
- There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
- An indication of potential or imminent danger.
- A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Usage notes
Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible
Derived terms
- idle threat
Related terms
- threaten
- threatening
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English threten, from Old English þr?atian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”). Akin to Middle Dutch dr?ten (“to threaten”).
Verb
threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
- (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
- (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- An hideous Geant horrible and hye, / That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye […]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, V. i. 37:
- O yes, and soundless too; / For you have stolen their buzzing, Antony, / And very wisely threat before you sting.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
Anagrams
- Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're
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thereat
English
Etymology
there +? at
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ð????æt/
Adverb
thereat (not comparable)
- There; at that place.
- At that event.
- 2008, Joint Declaration on Defamation of Religions, and Anti-terrorism and Anti-extremism Legislation
- The public has a right to know about the perpetration of acts of terrorism, or attempts thereat, and the media should not be penalised for providing such information.
- 2008, Joint Declaration on Defamation of Religions, and Anti-terrorism and Anti-extremism Legislation
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- hat tree, hattree, teareth, tethera, theater, theatre
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