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hazard
[haz-erd]
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
The job was full of hazards.
Antonyms: safetysomething 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.
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.
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
/ ˈhæzəd /
noun
exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc
at 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
Other Word Forms
- hazard-free adjective
- hazardable adjective
- hazarder noun
- hazardless adjective
- prehazard adjective
- unhazarded adjective
- unhazarding adjective
- well-hazarded adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hazard1
Word 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 argue that California needs to strengthen its hazard planning and update building codes to address the greater potential for destruction.
But fraud and hazards often don’t become apparent until the economy heads south.
He said large industrial projects generally offer fewer hazards than home construction, where the contractors are smaller and less resourced.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting with the investigation, and an ATF official said teams were working to mitigate hazards on the site.
Each observation strengthens our ability to identify potential hazards early, giving scientists valuable data for future encounters.
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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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