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risk

noun

1 risk

A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.

synonyms: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril.

Roget 665: danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness; instability etc. 149; defenselessness ... show more

Dutch: gevaar

2 risk

A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury:
— He saw the rewards but not the risks of crime.

synonyms: danger, peril.

Dutch: gevaar, perikel, perikelen, risico
Polish: ryzyko, gambit, hazard

3 risk

The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred.

synonym: risk of infection.

Dutch: risico

4 risk

The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent.

synonym: risk of exposure.

verb

1 risk

Expose to a chance of loss or damage:
— We risked losing a lot of money in this venture.
— Why risk your life?.

synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line.

Dutch: riskeren

2 risk

Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.

synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances.

Roget 665: be in danger etc. adj.; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger etc. n.; run a risk; lay oneself open to etc. (liability) 177; ... show more

Roget 621: chance etc. (hap) 156; stand a chance etc. (be possible) 470.    toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, ... show more

Dutch: risico nemen, riskeren, vergokken, wagen


Moby thesaurus: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness, adventure, be liable, be subjected to, beard, bet, bid fair to, brave, break, breakers ahead, buy in, buy into, calculated risk, cardhouse, casualness, cause for alarm ... show more.

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