hazard
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hazard¹
- /ˈhæzəd/ UK
- /ˈhæzɚd/ Canada, US
- /ˈhæzəd/ Australia
- /ˈhɛzəd/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.
noun hazards
- A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. [T]here's Harry diets himself—for gaming and is now under a hazard Regimen.
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Chance; accident, unpredictability.
I will stand the hazard of the die.
Similar: fortune
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The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Similar: adventure
- A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; (later also) a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty. The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
- Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
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Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
But if you please
To shoot another arrow that self way
Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
As I will watch the aim, or to find both
Or bring your latter hazard back again
And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
Similar: bet, pledge, skin in the game, wager
- A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
- Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.
- A cabstand, especially in Dublin. Mr Bloom went round the corner and passed the drooping nags of the hazard.
- A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Similar: luck
verb hazards · hazarding · hazarded
- To expose to chance; to take a risk. to be consistent, you ought to be a Chriſtian in temper and practice; for you hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience
- To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on. I'll hazard a guess.
Hazard²
proper noun Hazards
- A surname.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jeopardize, peril, risk, adventure, venture, chance, luck, fortune, guess, gamble, stake, jeopardy, take chances, hazardous, endanger, endangerment
noun
Similar: luck
Translations
Every language
noun the chance of suffering harm
| Español | escollo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 危险 wēixiǎn |
| Português | risco |
| Français | hasard, danger |
| Deutsch | Zufall |
| Ελληνικά | τύχη týchi |
| Română | hazard, întâmplare |
| Русский | шанс šans, слу́чай slúčaj |
noun peril
| Español | escollo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ハザード hazādo, 危険 kiken, リスク risuku |
| 中文 | 風險 /风险 fēngxiǎn, 危險 /危险 wēixiǎn |
| Português | perigo |
| Français | danger |
| Deutsch | Gefahr |
| Ελληνικά | κίνδυνος kíndynos, ρίσκο rísko |
| Русский | опа́сность opásnostʹ, риск risk |
| العربية | مُخَاطَرَة muḵāṭara, مُغَامَرَة muḡāmara |
verb to chance; to take a risk
| Español | arriesgar, apeligrar, aventurar, chansear |
|---|---|
| Français | tenter, hasarder |
| Deutsch | riskieren, hasardieren |
| Ελληνικά | τολμώ tolmó, διακινδυνεύω diakindynévo |
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title = {hazard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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