Definitions for menace
ˈmɛn ɪsmen·ace

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. menace, threatnoun

   something that is a source of danger

   "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

2. menaceverb

   a threat or the act of threatening

   "he spoke with desperate menace"

3. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

   pose a threat to; present a danger to

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"

4. menaceverb

   express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture

   "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

5. menaceverb

   act in a threatening manner

   "A menacing person"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Menacenoun

   Threat.

   Etymology: menace, Fr. from the verb.

   He that would not believe the menace of God at first, it may be doubted whether, before an ocular example, he believed the curse at last. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.

   The Trojans view the dusty cloud from far,
   And the dark menace of the distant war. John Dryden, Æneis.

2. To Menaceverb

   To threaten; to threat.

   Etymology: menacer, Fr.

   Who ever knew the heavens menace so? William Shakespeare.

   Your eyes do menace me: why look you pale?
   Who sent you hither? William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   My master knows not but I am gone hence,
   And fearfully did menace me with death,
   If I did stay to look on his intents. William Shakespeare.

   From this league
   Peep’d harms that menac’d him. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   What shou’d he do? ’Twas death to go away,
   And the god menac’d if he dar’d to stay. John Dryden, Fables.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MENACE

   The Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine (sometimes called the Machine Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine or MENACE) was a mechanical computer made from 304 matchboxes designed and built by artificial intelligence researcher Donald Michie in 1961. It was designed to play human opponents in games of noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) by returning a move for any given state of play and to refine its strategy through reinforcement learning. Michie did not have a computer readily available, so he worked around this restriction by building it out of matchboxes. The matchboxes used by Michie each represented a single possible layout of a noughts and crosses grid. When the computer first played, it would randomly choose moves based on the current layout. As it played more games, through a reinforcement loop, it disqualified strategies that led to losing games, and supplemented strategies that led to winning games. Michie held a tournament against MENACE in 1961, wherein he experimented with different openings. Following MENACE's maiden tournament against Michie, it demonstrated successful artificial intelligence in its strategy. Michie's essays on MENACE's weight initialisation and the BOXES algorithm used by MENACE became popular in the field of computer science research. Michie was honoured for his contribution to machine learning research, and was twice commissioned to program a MENACE simulation on an actual computer.

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1. menace

   A menace refers to someone or something that poses a threat, harm, or danger to others or society. It can describe a person, group, situation, or object that causes fear, mischief, or disruption, often with the intention of causing harm or creating a sense of insecurity. Menaces can vary in severity, ranging from minor annoyances to significant threats to safety and well-being.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Menacenoun

   the show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come

2. Menacenoun

   to express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war

3. Menacenoun

   to threaten, as an evil to be inflicted

4. Menaceverb

   to act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect

5. Etymology: [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Menace

   Menace or Maenace is an ancient Greek settlement lying to the southeast of Spain according to Strabo. The exact location is unknown to date.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Menace

   men′ās, v.t. to threaten.—v.i. to act in a threatening manner.—n. a threat or threatening: a show of an intention to do harm.—adj. Men′acing, overhanging: threatening.—adv. Men′acingly. [Fr.,—L. minaciæ, threats—minæ, the overhanging points of a wall.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. menace

   A hostile threat. Menacing words used in the presence of a court-martial are punishable in accordance with Article of War 86. See Appendix.

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1. menace

   Song lyrics by menace -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by menace on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce menace?

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How to say menace in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of menace in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of menace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of menace in a Sentence

1. Yoram Schweitzer:

   I think that while the ISIS menace cannot be ignored, what is more important is not to inflate it, israeli authorities have an interest in this regard, as no one wants to see Melhem copycats - not least because he managed to kill three people and get away, in what made them look like a bit of a circus.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   In January, a horrible, horrible terrorist attack took place in Paris, you'd think it would have heightened the urgency to pass a homeland security bill, but the Republicans still say no to passing a clean bill unless they can be a menace to immigration.

3. Dawn Penich-Thacker:

   We need you to hold the department accountable, to show us your residents that you actually care that our police force is a national embarrassment for their failures and abuses and a menace to too many in our community.

4. Fredric Wehrey:

   It did stir a lot of ambivalence and even outright criticism from people who say, 'Well you know, ISIS is bad but at least ISIS is standing up to the Shiites and the Iranian menace,' now this war on the Houthis is a godsend to them because they are able to stir up this new Saudi nationalism, this pan-Sunni fervor, and it's to show they are defending the Sunnis... for domestic benefit.

5. Seán O'Casey:

   The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=menace
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=menace
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menace
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menace
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=menace
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=menace
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=menace