real threat

collocation in English

meaningsofrealandthreat

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withthreat.
real
adjective
uk
/rɪəl/
us
/ˈriː.əl/
existing in fact and ...
See more atreal
threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/
us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
See more atthreat

(Definition ofrealandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreal threat

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Spanglish is not seen as arealthreat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is now under an unspoken but veryrealthreat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theirrealthreatis modernity (or, if you prefer, postmodernity).
From theCambridge English Corpus
It could not pose arealthreatto the social order.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, in modern society therealthreatin most cases is psychological rather than physical.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But therealthreatto the survival of community land came from another quarter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The majority of the parties were too weak and fragmented to offer anyrealthreat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Merely identifying one such factor poses norealthreatto the original argument.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Isn't quality of that sort therealthreatto the public health?
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is arealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is arealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They pose arealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This poses arealthreat.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
What is therealthreat?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is therealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In summer and autumn 1941 the brutality of the anti-partisan campaign far outweighed therealthreat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Secondly, what the monks considered to be therealthreatfrom the secular college - the belittling of their special position.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Dangerous as it is to ignore arealthreat, it is just as dangerous to misrepresent arealthreat.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That is a veryrealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is a veryrealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Poverty is therealthreathere.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The directive is arealthreat.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That was arealthreatlast week.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, there is arealthreat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofreal
Go to the definition ofthreat
See other collocations withthreat