B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Jeopardize. You may be familiar with the common game show, Jeopardy, but do you know what it means and how to use it?
Jeopardize (US) / Jeopardise (UK)
- This is a difficult work to pronounce: /ˈdʒep.ə.daɪz/. Have a listen to the pronunciation here.
- to put something at risk of being harmed or damaged
- By not turning in the documents on time, he really jeopardized our chances of getting the grant.
- She’s the one who jeopardized their relationship by not being honest.
- Are you really willing to jeopardize everything that you worked for?
In jeopardy
- To express that something is in a state of risk or harm, we use the phrase ‘In jeopardy’
- Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy if the company decides to close.
- If the animals are left outside in the cold they will be in jeopardy of dying.
- They may be in jeopardy of losing their house if they can’t make the payments.
B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary
Now that you learned B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Jeopardize, take a look at our other Vocab Rehab posts:
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