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Word: hazard (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. from 19th c.
  • Chance. from 16th c.
  • from 14th c.
  • The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. from 16th c.

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Verb:

  • To expose to chance; to take a risk.
  • To incur or venture.

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