hazard
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
hazarded
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past participleof hazard.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hazard.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hazardnounan unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
Example Sentences
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I hazarded a number of guesses as to where the movement, and more importantly the reaction to it, was headed.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
Edward Holmes does not like making predictions, but last year he hazarded a few.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 19, 2021
Brandt hazarded an estimate of double what the highest-paid quarterbacks currently make, which would put Brady’s annual salary somewhere around $46-50 million.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2017
But when the show’s co-curator Massimiliano Gioni, interviewing her for the catalogue, hazarded that she is “the voice of a queer community,” she said, “No. God, no.”
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
