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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. a 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. any 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
/ ˈæə /
noun
- exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc
- at hazardat 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
Derived Forms
- ˈ-ˌڰ, adjective
- ˈ岹, adjective
Other Word Forms
- a·· adjective
- a· noun
- a· adjective
- ·a adjective
- ܲ·a· adjective
- ܲ·a·Բ adjective
- ɱ-a· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hazard1
Word 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
Police also said the paint "appears to be chalk-based and is not expected to present a hazard to runners yet to pass this point".
On 2 August 2022, representatives from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water visited Haverfordwest town weir with other stakeholders and commenced a risk assessment of the hazard posed to river users by the weir.
Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, food facilities are required to have food safety plans outlining how they will combat any contamination risks or other food safety hazards.
Disrupting the ecological equilibrium always has the potential to cause hazards to human health directly.
Ms Balan claimed she was worried the carpets were curling underneath some pedals in Tesla models, creating a safety hazard.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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