risk
1. a source of danger;
a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune (Freq. 4)
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
• Syn:
hazard, jeopardy, peril, endangerment
• Derivationally related forms:
risky, perilous (for: peril), peril (for: peril), jeopardize (for: jeopardy), jeopardise (for: jeopardy), hazardous (for: hazard), hazard (for: hazard)
• Hypernyms:
danger
• Hyponyms:
health hazard, moral hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles
2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (Freq. 2)
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
• Syn:
peril, danger
• Derivationally related forms:
perilous (for: peril), peril (for: peril), risky
• Hypernyms:
venture
• Hyponyms:
chance, crapshoot, gamble
3. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
• Syn:
risk of infection
• Hypernyms:
probability, chance
4. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
• Syn:
risk of exposure
• Hypernyms:
probability, chance
1. expose to a chance of loss or damage (Freq. 8)
- We risked losing a lot of money in this venture
- Why risk your life?
- She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong
• Syn:
put on the line, lay on the line
• Hypernyms:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
• Hyponyms:
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize, bell the cat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome (Freq. 2)
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
• Syn:
gamble, chance, hazard, take chances, adventure,
run a risk, take a chance
• Derivationally related forms:
adventure (for: adventure), adventurer (for: adventure), hazard (for: hazard), chance (for: chance), gamble (for: gamble), gambler (for: gamble)
• Hypernyms:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
• Hyponyms:
go for broke, luck it, luck through
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s (for: run a risk)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: run a risk)
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