hazard
The risk of some loss or harmThe risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
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» This is a hazard to your health.
Das ist eine Gefahr für deine Gesundheit. — Wolf
Это опасно для твоего здоровья. — sharptoothed
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Examples
40 sentencesThis is a hazard to your health.
ruЭто опасно для твоего здоровья. — sharptoothed
deDas ist eine Gefahr für deine Gesundheit. — Wolf
This could become an environmental hazard.
It's too large a hazard to venture there.
ruСлишком большой это риск, соваться туда. — RU
Meaning
10 senses(uncountable)The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Zufall, Gefahr
шансšans, слу́чайslúčaj, опа́сностьopásnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.
Hindernis
поме́хаpoméxa
(countable, historical, uncountable)A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
More meanings 7
(countable)A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; (later also) a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty.
The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
(countable, uncountable)Chance; accident, unpredictability.
(countable, uncountable)Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
(countable, uncountable)A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
(Ireland, countable, historical, uncountable)A cabstand, especially in Dublin.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- an obstacle on a golf course
Origin
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (veFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: hazardsSynonyms
12 synonymsWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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