name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
hazard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæzəd/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈhæzɚd/
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Australian: /ˈhæzəd/
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New-Zealand: /ˈhɛzəd/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 Z ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A home rule city, the county seat of Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
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noun
Meaning 4
An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
The side of the court into which the ball is served.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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noun
Meaning 12
A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 14
To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'll hazard a guess.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 15
an obstacle on a golf course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstacle
Narrower terms: bunker, sand trap, trap, water hazard
noun
Meaning 16
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: luck, fortune, chance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phenomenon
Narrower terms: bad luck, mischance, mishap, tossup, toss-up, even chance
noun
Meaning 17
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: danger
Narrower terms: health hazard, moral hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles
verb
Meaning 18
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
- I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: guess, venture, pretend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speculate
Narrower terms: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise, suspect, surmise
verb
Meaning 19
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gamble, chance, risk, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
Narrower terms: go for broke, luck it, luck through
verb
Meaning 20
put at risk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I will stake my good reputation for this
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: venture, adventure, stake, jeopardize
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: risk, put on the line, lay on the line
History
Etymology
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: риск (risk) — the chance of suffering harm
- Catalan: risc — the chance of suffering harm
- Chinese Mandarin: 危险 (wēixiǎn) — the chance of suffering harm
- Dutch: toeval — the chance of suffering harm
- Finnish: uhka — the chance of suffering harm
- Finnish: vaara — the chance of suffering harm
- French: hasard — the chance of suffering harm
- French: danger — the chance of suffering harm
- Galician: risco — the chance of suffering harm
- German: Zufall — the chance of suffering harm
- Greek: τύχη (týchi) — the chance of suffering harm
- Ido: hazardo — the chance of suffering harm
- Indonesian: bahaya — the chance of suffering harm
- Malay: bahaya — the chance of suffering harm
- Malayalam: ആപത്ത് (āpattŭ) — the chance of suffering harm
- Malayalam: അപായം (apāyaṁ) — the chance of suffering harm
- Portuguese: risco — the chance of suffering harm
- Romanian: hazard — the chance of suffering harm
- Romanian: întâmplare — the chance of suffering harm
- Russian: шанс (šans) — the chance of suffering harm
- Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — the chance of suffering harm
- Spanish: escollo — the chance of suffering harm
- Turkish: risk — the chance of suffering harm
- Turkish: riziko — the chance of suffering harm
- Welsh: antur — the chance of suffering harm
- Arabic: مُخَاطَرَة (muḵāṭara) — peril
- Arabic: مُغَامَرَة (muḡāmara) — peril
- Armenian: վտանգ (vtang) — peril
- Bulgarian: опасност (opasnost) — peril
- Catalan: perill — peril
- Chinese Mandarin: 風險 /风险 (fēngxiǎn) — peril
- Chinese Mandarin: 危險 /危险 (wēixiǎn) — peril
- Czech: nebezpečí — peril
- Czech: riziko — peril
- Dutch: gevaar — peril
- Finnish: vaara — peril
- French: danger — peril
- Galician: perigo — peril
- Galician: afronta — peril
- German: Gefahr — peril
- Greek: κίνδυνος (kíndynos) — peril
- Greek: ρίσκο (rísko) — peril
- Ancient Greek: κίνδυνος (kíndunos) — peril
- Japanese: ハザード (hazādo) — peril
- Japanese: 危険 (kiken) — peril
- Japanese: リスク (risuku) — peril
- Malayalam: അപായം (apāyaṁ) — peril
- Māori: pūmate — peril
- Plautdietsch: Jefoa — peril
- Polish: niebezpieczeństwo — peril
- Polish: ryzyko — peril
- Portuguese: perigo — peril
- Russian: опа́сность (opásnostʹ) — peril
- Russian: риск (risk) — peril
- Scottish Gaelic: cunnart — peril
- Spanish: escollo — peril
- Turkish: tehlike — peril
- Ottoman Turkish: قورقو (korku) — peril
- Ottoman Turkish: تهلكه (tehlike) — peril
- Welsh: antur — peril
- Zazaki: tahlike — peril
- Finnish: vaara — obstacle
- German: Hindernis — obstacle
- Greek: εμπόδιο (empódio) — obstacle
- Māori: pūmate — obstacle
- Turkish: engel — obstacle
- Turkish: mani — obstacle
- Turkish: mania — obstacle
- Zazaki: mani — obstacle
- Czech: překážka — obstacle in golf
- Finnish: este — obstacle in golf
- French: hasard — obstacle in golf
- Russian: поме́ха (poméxa) — obstacle in golf
- Bulgarian: рискувам (riskuvam) — to chance; to take a risk
- French: tenter — to chance; to take a risk
- French: hasarder — to chance; to take a risk
- German: riskieren — to chance; to take a risk
- German: hasardieren — to chance; to take a risk
- Greek: τολμώ (tolmó) — to chance; to take a risk
- Greek: διακινδυνεύω (diakindynévo) — to chance; to take a risk
- Spanish: arriesgar — to chance; to take a risk
- Spanish: apeligrar — to chance; to take a risk
- Spanish: aventurar — to chance; to take a risk
- Spanish: chansear — to chance; to take a risk
- Turkish: göze almak — to chance; to take a risk
- Turkish: riske etmek — to chance; to take a risk
Real reading context