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noun
1.
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.
EXPANDthe uncertainty of the result in throwing a die.
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.
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Hazarded
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
13.
at hazard, at risk; at stake; subject to chance: His reputation was at hazard in his new ventures.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English hasard < Old French, perhaps < Arabic al-zahr the die
1250–1300; Middle English hasard < Old French, perhaps < Arabic al-zahr the die
Related forms
haz·ard·a·ble, adjective
haz·ard·er, noun
haz·ard·less, adjective
pre·haz·ard, adjective
un·haz·ard·ed, adjective
EXPANDAntonyms
1. safety.
1. safety.
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Word Origin & History
hazard
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 Arabic yasara
EXPAND"he played at dice;" Arabic -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.
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