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jeopardizing

jeopardizing is the present participle and gerund of jeopardize.

Meaning of jeopardize

Verb

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.

Questions about jeopardizing

What is jeopardizing the present participle and gerund of?
Jeopardizing is the present participle and gerund of jeopardize.

Words near jeopardizing in the dictionary

  1. jeopardize
  2. jeopardized
  3. jeopardizer
  4. jeopardizers
  5. jeopardizes
  6. jeopardizing
  7. jeopardous
  8. jeopardously
  9. jeopards
  10. jeopardy
  11. jeopardying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jeopardizing (page history and authors); jeopardize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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