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   Haz·ard

   /ˈhazərd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a danger or risk: "the hazards of smoking" Similar dangerriskperilthreatmenacedifficultyproblempitfalljeopardyperilousnessendangermentimperilment
   • ▪ a potential source of danger: "a health hazard"
   • ▪ a permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream.
   • 2. chance; probability: literary "we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard" Similar chanceprobabilityfortuityluckfatedestinyfortuneprovidenceserendipityaccidenthappenstance
   • 3. a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules.

   verb

   • 1. venture to say (something): "he hazarded a guess" Similar ventureput forwardprofferadvancevolunteerconjecturespeculatesurmiseformal:opine
   • 2. put (something) at risk of being lost: "the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on" Similar riskput at riskjeopardizechancegamblestakebettake a chance withendangerimperilexpose to dangerput in jeopardyOpposite keep safe

   Word Origin Middle English (in hazard (sense 3 of the noun)): from Old French hasard, from Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr ‘chance, luck’, from Persian zār or Turkish zar ‘dice’.

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