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hazard
[ haz-erd ]
noun
- an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable:
The job was full of hazards.
Antonyms:
- something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty:
The many hazards of the big city did nothing to convince her to leave.
- the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty:
There is an element of hazard in the execution of the most painstaking plans.
Synonyms: , ,
- Golf. a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle.
- the uncertainty of the result in throwing a die.
- a game played with two dice, an earlier and more complicated form of craps.
- Court Tennis. any of the winning openings.
- (in English billiards) a stroke by which the player pockets the object ball winning hazard or their own ball after contact with another ball losing hazard.
verb (used with object)
- to offer (a statement, conjecture, etc.) with the possibility of facing criticism, disapproval, failure, or the like; venture:
He hazarded a guess, with trepidation, as to her motives in writing the article.
- to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk:
In making the investment, he hazarded all his savings.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.):
Thieves hazard arrest.
- to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue):
to hazard a dangerous encounter.
hazard
/ ˈæə /
noun
- exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc
- at hazardat risk; in danger
- a thing likely to cause injury, etc
- golf an obstacle such as a bunker, a road, rough, water, etc
- chance; accident (esp in the phrase by hazard )
- a gambling game played with two dice
- real tennis
- the receiver's side of the court
- one of the winning openings
- billiards a scoring stroke made either when a ball other than the striker's is pocketed ( winning hazard ) or the striker's cue ball itself ( losing hazard )
verb
- to chance or risk
- to venture (an opinion, guess, etc)
- to expose to danger
Derived Forms
- ˈ-ˌڰ, adjective
- ˈ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- a·· adjective
- a· noun
- a· adjective
- ·a adjective
- ܲ·a· adjective
- ܲ·a·Բ adjective
- ɱ-a· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hazard1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hazard1
Idioms and Phrases
- at hazard, at risk; at stake; subject to chance:
His reputation was at hazard in his new ventures.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They also ask that people “avoid being on beaches on or near burned properties, as the fire debris may contain harmful substances and physical hazards such as glass, metal, and sharp wooden debris.”
While many people may be aware of the dangers of entering the Thames, other waterways can also be dangerous: strong currents, sudden drops, hidden hazards and cold-water shock can affect even the strongest swimmers.
A national hazards management yellow wildfire warning remains in place across Northern Ireland.
Yet, for them too there are hazards, not least in the unknowns.
Experts noted that the effects of the sweeping environmental changes will not be felt equally, as low-income communities and communities of color experience disproportionate levels of air pollution, water quality issues and other climate hazards.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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