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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
etc.
adj.,
exposure
etc.
(liability)
177;
vulnerability;
vulnerable point,
heel of Achilles†;
forlorn hope
etc.
(hopelessness)
859.
[Dangerous course]
leap in the dark
etc.
(rashness)
863;
road to ruin,
faciles descensus Averni [Lat.]
[Vergil],
hairbreadth escape.
cause for alarm;
source of danger
etc.
667.
rock ahead
[Approach of danger],
breakers ahead;
storm brewing;
clouds in the horizon,
clouds gathering;
warning
etc.
668;
alarm
etc.
669.
[Sense of danger]
apprehension
etc.
860.
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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;
lean on a broken reed,
trust to a broken reed;
feel the ground sliding from under one,
have to run for it;
have the chances against one,
have the odds against one,
face long odds;
be in deep trouble,
be between a rock and a hard place.
hang by a thread,
totter;
sleep on a volcano,
stand on a volcano;
sit on a barrel of gunpowder,
live in a glass house.
bring in danger,
place in danger,
put in danger,
place in jeopardy,
put in jeopardy
etc.
n.;
endanger,
expose to danger,
imperil;
jeopard†,
jeopardize;
compromise;
sail too near the wind
etc.
(rash)
863.
adventure,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
stake,
set at hazard;
run the gauntlet
etc.
(dare)
861;
engage in a forlorn hope.
threaten danger
etc.
909;
run one hard;
lay a trap for
etc.
(deceive)
545.
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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,
trust to the chapter of accidents;
tempt fortune;
chance it,
take one's chance,
take a shot at it
(attempt)
675;
run the risk,
run the chance,
incur the risk,
incur the chance,
encounter the risk,
encounter the chance;
stand the hazard of the die.
speculate,
try one's luck,
set on a cast,
raffle,
put into a lottery,
buy a pig in a poke,
shuffle the cards.
risk,
venture,
hazard,
stake;
ante;
lay,
lay a wager;
make a bet,
wager,
bet,
gamble,
game,
play for;
play at chuck farthing.
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Dutch: risico nemen, riskeren, vergokken, wagen
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