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hazard
[haz-erd]
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
The job was full of hazards.
Antonyms:something 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.
Synonyms: , ,Golf.Ģża 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.Ģżany 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.
Synonyms: , , ,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
/ Ė³óƦ³śÉ»å /
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 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- hazardable adjective
- hazarder noun
- hazardless adjective
- prehazard adjective
- unhazarded adjective
- unhazarding adjective
- well-hazarded adjective
- Ė³ó²¹³ś²¹°ł»å-Ė“Ś°ł±š±š adjective
- Ė³ó²¹³ś²¹°ł»å²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of hazard1
51³Ō¹Ļ 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
Authorities had established vehicle checkpoints, in part, to keep the public away from these lingering hazards.
The car handled every potential hazard which appeared in the busy streets including congestion, temporary traffic lights, cyclists and, at one point, a pedestrian using crutches in the middle of the road.
The sand is unsympathetic and forms a genuine hazard, as do strategic ditches that criss-cross the layout.
Near-shore tsunamis ā those triggered by earthquakes just offshore ā could pose a particularly dire risk for Californiaās heavily populated coastal communities, according to experts, disaster modeling and local hazard plans.
The city of Los Angeles has an estimated 23,000 residents in the tsunami hazard area.
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Related 51³Ō¹Ļs
- accidentĢż
- mishapĢż
- possibilityĢż
- riskĢż
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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