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- pronunciation:
- hae
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History, Word Builder
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
danger or risk.
Ice poses the greatest hazard for winter driving.- synonyms:
- danger, peril, risk
- similar words:
- chance, jeopardy
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| definition 2: |
something that causes a danger or risk.
The trek through the jungle was full of hazards.- synonyms:
- danger, peril
- similar words:
- risk
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| definition 3: |
the operation of chance or accident in events.
He left his fate to hazard.- synonyms:
- chance, fortune, luck
- similar words:
- accident, fate
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| definition 4: |
in golf, a water or sand obstacle.
- similar words:
- sand trap, trap
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| related words: |
crunch, danger, emergency, gamble, menace, pitfall, threat, wager |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hazards, hazarding, hazarded |
| definition 1: |
to subject or expose to danger or risk.
- synonyms:
- imperil
- similar words:
- endanger, gamble, peril, risk, stake, venture
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| definition 2: |
to put forth at some risk; venture.
I don't want to even hazard a guess.- synonyms:
- risk, venture
- similar words:
- adventure
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| related words: |
bet, compromise, expose, menace, pawn, put, wager |
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Hazard comes from an Arabic word that means "one of the dice." When "hazard" entered the English language in the Middle Ages, it meant "risk" or "venture."
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