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Word: risk (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
  • Formal use in business, engineering, etc. The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur.
  • The likelihood of a negative outcome.

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Verb:

  • transitive To incur risk [by something].
  • transitive To incur risk [of something].
  • transitive To incur risk [to something].

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