periculum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adventure noun An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or the unknown.
- danger noun The possibility of harm, injury, or death.
- experiment noun A controlled test carried out to check a hypothesis or discover something new.
- peril noun A situation of serious, immediate danger.
- risk noun The chance that something bad will happen as a result of an action or situation.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
Senses
periculum is used for these senses in English:
- adventure A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
- adventure A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- experiment A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
- peril A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- risk (countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
adventure — full definition
- noun An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or the unknown.
- verb To take a risk by venturing into something uncertain.
danger — full definition
- noun The possibility of harm, injury, or death.
- noun A specific person or thing that is likely to cause harm.