Risk

[rɪsk]

Definition

(noun.) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; 'he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime'; 'there was a danger he would do the wrong thing'.

(noun.) the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent.

(noun.) the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred.

(verb.) expose to a chance of loss or damage; 'We risked losing a lot of money in this venture'; 'Why risk your life?'; 'She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong'.

Typist: Vilma--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

(n.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

(n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

(n.) To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

Typed by Clarissa

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Danger, hazard, jeopardy, peril, chance, venture.

v. a. Hazard, peril, endanger, stake, jeopard, venture, jeopardize, put in peril, put to hazard, expose to danger.

Edited by Jeanne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Hazard, danger, peril, exposure, jeopardy

ANT:Safety, security, insurance, protection, prophylactic

SYN:Hazard, peril, jeopard, venture, stake,[See HAZARD]

Inputed by Joanna

Definition

n. hazard: chance of loss or injury.—v.t. to expose to hazard: to venture to take the chance of.—n. Risk′er one who risks.—adj. Risk′y dangerous: venturesome.—Run a risk to incur hazard.

Checker: Sherman

Examples

Edited by Juanita

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