jeopardize

• jeopardise (UK)

From jeopardy + -ize.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.dɑez/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.daɪz/, [d͡ʒep.ə.dɑe̯z]

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

1. (US, transitive) 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.