an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
2.
something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city.
3.
the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty: There is an element of hazard in the execution of the most painstaking plans.
4.
Golf. a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle.
5.
the uncertainty of the result in throwing a die.
6.
a game played with two dice, an earlier and more complicated form of craps.
7.
Court Tennis. any of the winning openings.
8.
(in English billiards) a stroke by which the player pockets the object ball (winning hazard) or his or her own ball after contact with another ball (losing hazard).
–verb (used with object)
9.
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.
10.
to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk: In making the investment, he hazarded all his savings.
11.
to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.): Thieves hazard arrest.
12.
to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue): to hazard a dangerous encounter.
—Idiom
13.
at hazard, at risk; at stake; subject to chance: His reputation was at hazard in his new ventures.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME hasard < OF, perh. < Ar al-zahr the die]
A chance of being injured or harmed; danger: Space travel is full of hazards.
A possible source of danger: a fire hazard.
Games A dice game similar to craps.
Sports An obstacle, such as a sand trap, found on a golf course.
tr.v.
haz·ard·ed, haz·ard·ing, haz·ards
To expose to danger or harm. See Synonyms at endanger.
To venture (something); dare: hazard a guess.
[Middle English hasard, dice game, from Old French, possibly from Old Spanish azar, possibly from Arabic az-zahr, the gaming die : al-, the + zahr, gaming die.]
1167, from O.Fr. hasard "game of chance played with dice," possibly from Sp. azar "an unfortunate card or throw at dice," which is said to be from Arabic az-zahr (for al-zahr) "the die." But this is doubtful because of the absence of zahr in classical Arabic dictionaries. Klein suggests Ar. yasara "he played at dice;" Ar. -s- regularly becomes Sp. -z-. The -d was added in Fr. in confusion with the native suffix -ard. Sense of "chance of loss or harm, risk," first recorded 1548; the verb sense of "put something at stake in a game of chance" is from 1530. Hazardous in the sense of "perilous" is from 1618.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
2.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck]
3.
an obstacle on a golf course
verb
1.
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess]
2.
put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture]
3.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble]
(something which causes) a risk of harm or danger Example: the hazards of mountain-climbing
Arabic:
خَطَر
Chinese (Simplified):
危险
Chinese (Traditional):
危險
Czech:
riziko
Danish:
fare; risiko
Dutch:
risico van gevaar
Estonian:
risk
Finnish:
vaara
French:
danger
German:
das Wagnis
Greek:
κίνδυνος
Hungarian:
kockázat
Icelandic:
tvísÿna, hætta
Indonesian:
bahaya
Italian:
rischio
Japanese:
危険
Korean:
위험
Latvian:
risks; briesmas
Lithuanian:
pavojus, rizika
Norwegian:
fare, risiko
Polish:
ryzyko
Portuguese (Brazil):
risco
Portuguese (Portugal):
risco
Romanian:
pericol
Russian:
риск
Slovak:
riziko
Slovenian:
tveganje
Spanish:
riesgo, peligro
Swedish:
risk, fara, våda
Turkish:
tehlike
hazard1[ˈhӕzəd]verb
to risk; to be prepared to do (something, the result of which is uncertain) Example: Are you prepared to hazard your life for the success of this mission?
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Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer. 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below. You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak. Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, "Out of debt out of danger." Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia). To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. Usage: Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.
Haz"ard\, n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.]1. A game of chance played with dice. --Chaucer. 2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty. I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak. 3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. --Rogers 4. (Billiards?) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. "Your latter hazard." --Shak. Hazard table, a a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. To ru? the hazard, to take the chance or risk. Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.
Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. ? Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hazarder. See Hazard, n.]1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. --John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. --Fuller. 2. To venture to incur, or bring on. I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. --Shak. They hazard to cut their feet. --Landor. Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
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