hazard

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French hasard (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), probably from Arabic الزّهر (az-zahr, “the dice”).

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[edit] Noun

hazard (plural hazards)

  1. (historical) A type of game played with dice. [from 14th c.]
  2. Chance. [from 16th c.]
    • 2006, John Patterson, The Guardian, 20 May 06:
      I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.
  3. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
    • 2009, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 27 Dec 09:
      Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards, snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.
  4. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. [from 19th c.]
    The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from hazard (noun)

[edit] Translations

chance
peril

[edit] Verb

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hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)

  1. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
    I'll hazard a guess.
  2. To incur or venture.

[edit] Translations

to chance; to take a risk

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

hazard m. (plural hazards)

  1. Archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before 1800

[edit] Italian

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hazard m. inv.

  1. hazard lights (on a vehicle)

[edit] Polish

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hazard (plural: hazards)

  1. gambling

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /xǎzard/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧zard

[edit] Noun

hàzard m. (Cyrillic spelling ха̀зард)

  1. gamble, gambling
  2. risk, hazard

[edit] Declension

    declension of hazard
singular plural
nominative hazard hazardi
genitive hazarda hazarda
dative hazardu hazardima
accusative hazard hazarde
vocative hazarde hazardi
locative hazardu hazardima
instrumental hazardom hazardima
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