hazard

1 of 2

noun

haz·ard ˈha-zərd How to pronounce hazard (audio)

plural hazards

: a source of danger

hazards on the roadway

: the effect of unpredictable and unanalyzable forces in determining events : chance, risk

the hazards involved in owning your own business

Men and women danced together, women danced together, men danced together, as hazard had brought them together.

Charles Dickens

: a chance event : accident

… looked like a fugitive, who had escaped from something in clothes caught up at hazard.

Willa Cather

hazards plural : special lights on a vehicle that flash on and off and are used to warn other drivers (as when the vehicle is not working properly) : hazard lights

If you do break down or crash, immediately turn on your hazards.

Shape

Drivers should also turn off their hazards when signaling to exit the highway.

John Cichowski

: a golf-course obstacle (such as a bunker or a pond)

: a game of chance like craps played with two dice

obsolete : stake sense 3a

hazard

2 of 2

verb

hazarded; hazarding; hazards

transitive verb

: to offer or present at a risk : venture

hazard a guess as to the outcome

Did you know?

At first hazard was a game of chance played with dice. The English word comes from medieval French, in which the game was called hasard. This French word was probably borrowed from Arabic az-zahr, meaning “the dice” or “one of the dice.” The game was borrowed from the French by the English, and within a few centuries what had been a chance taken on the outcome of a throw of the dice could be any venture or risk. Now “chance” or “venture” and “risk” or “peril” are the usual meanings of hazard. The verb hazard emerged in the 16th century.

Example Sentences

Noun the tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard it was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail Verb His friend asked him to hazard a small sum in a business venture. just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Two of the policies that Kinder explores are sick time and hazard pay.

Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022 But the program does not include disaster insurance or hazard pay, which means workers won’t be paid for work lost during wildfires.

Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 The terms include hazard pay and an educational incentive increase.

Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 Heat kills more Americans each year than any other weather hazard, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, according to the National Weather Service.

Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Compost carries with it the risk of attracting wildlife such as birds that could become a hazard to aircraft taking off and landing.

Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022 There were also signs that E.A.s were, despite the hazard of fanaticism, increasingly prone to pluralism themselves.

Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 The legislation will create performance standards that require these batteries to be secured, require warning labels and require that the warning labels clearly identify the hazard of ingestion, among other things.

Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022 This may be due to aging infrastructure that was designed to manage a hazard much less menacing than the extreme weather events that are occurring today, such as levees or water reservoirs being exceeded, according to the study.

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2022

Verb

No other writers are so closely associated with the King, even if their run of collaborations with Elvis was ultimately cut short by… want to hazard a guess?

Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2022 There is not a Jew in the world who wouldn’t assess the lineup, consider his classmates, and hazard a guess—who went Nazi?

Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022 Data about ancient quakes and tsunamis like the one that reshaped society here 3,800 years ago could offer a longer-term perspective to hazard planners.

Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2022 The researchers didn't hazard a guess as to how many more years life on Earth could exist.

NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022 Any more books at this point would just add to the fire hazard your house has become thanks to a lifetime of book hoarding.

Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021 Reynaldo López did not hazard a third pickoff throw.

Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021 In a recent Institute of International Finance, chief economist Robin Brooks and his team hazard a few guesses.

William Pesek, Forbes, 31 May 2021 The thing is, despite Amy’s rather cursory research process — her journalism-ism — the film does at times threaten to hazard a semi-profound observation about our changing relationship to information.

Jessica Kiang, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2021 See More

单词	hazard
释义	hazard 1 of 2 noun haz·ard ˈha-zərd plural hazards 1 : a source of danger hazards on the roadway 2 a : the effect of unpredictable and unanalyzable forces in determining events : chance, risk the hazards involved in owning your own business Men and women danced together, women danced together, men danced together, as hazard had brought them together. Charles Dickens b : a chance event : accident … looked like a fugitive, who had escaped from something in clothes caught up at hazard. Willa Cather 3 hazards plural : special lights on a vehicle that flash on and off and are used to warn other drivers (as when the vehicle is not working properly) : hazard lights If you do break down or crash, immediately turn on your hazards. Shape Drivers should also turn off their hazards when signaling to exit the highway. John Cichowski 4 : a golf-course obstacle (such as a bunker or a pond) 5 : a game of chance like craps played with two dice 6 obsolete : stake sense 3a hazard 2 of 2 verb hazarded; hazarding; hazards transitive verb : to offer or present at a risk : venture hazard a guess as to the outcome Phrases at hazard : at stake Did you know? At first hazard was a game of chance played with dice. The English word comes from medieval French, in which the game was called hasard. This French word was probably borrowed from Arabic az-zahr, meaning “the dice” or “one of the dice.” The game was borrowed from the French by the English, and within a few centuries what had been a chance taken on the outcome of a throw of the dice could be any venture or risk. Now “chance” or “venture” and “risk” or “peril” are the usual meanings of hazard. The verb hazard emerged in the 16th century. Synonyms Noun danger imminence menace peril pitfall risk threat trouble Verb adventure compromise endanger gamble (with) imperil jeopard jeopardize menace peril risk venture See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun the tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard it was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail Verb His friend asked him to hazard a small sum in a business venture. just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship Recent Examples on the Web Noun Two of the policies that Kinder explores are sick time and hazard pay. Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022 But the program does not include disaster insurance or hazard pay, which means workers won’t be paid for work lost during wildfires. Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 The terms include hazard pay and an educational incentive increase. Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 Heat kills more Americans each year than any other weather hazard, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, according to the National Weather Service. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Compost carries with it the risk of attracting wildlife such as birds that could become a hazard to aircraft taking off and landing. Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022 There were also signs that E.A.s were, despite the hazard of fanaticism, increasingly prone to pluralism themselves. Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 The legislation will create performance standards that require these batteries to be secured, require warning labels and require that the warning labels clearly identify the hazard of ingestion, among other things. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022 This may be due to aging infrastructure that was designed to manage a hazard much less menacing than the extreme weather events that are occurring today, such as levees or water reservoirs being exceeded, according to the study. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2022 Verb No other writers are so closely associated with the King, even if their run of collaborations with Elvis was ultimately cut short by… want to hazard a guess? Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2022 There is not a Jew in the world who wouldn’t assess the lineup, consider his classmates, and hazard a guess—who went Nazi? Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022 Data about ancient quakes and tsunamis like the one that reshaped society here 3,800 years ago could offer a longer-term perspective to hazard planners. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2022 The researchers didn't hazard a guess as to how many more years life on Earth could exist. NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022 Any more books at this point would just add to the fire hazard your house has become thanks to a lifetime of book hoarding. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021 Reynaldo López did not hazard a third pickoff throw. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021 In a recent Institute of International Finance, chief economist Robin Brooks and his team hazard a few guesses. William Pesek, Forbes, 31 May 2021 The thing is, despite Amy’s rather cursory research process — her journalism-ism — the film does at times threaten to hazard a semi-profound observation about our changing relationship to information. Jessica Kiang, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2021 See More Word History Etymology Noun and Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French hasard, from Old Spanish azar, from Arabic al-zahr the die First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5 Verb circa 1601, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing hazard hazard pay occupational hazard traffic hazard moral hazard hazard lights at hazard hazard pay occupational hazard traffic hazard moral hazard hazard lights at hazard Kids Definition hazard 1 of 2 noun haz·ard ˈha-zərd : a source of danger a fire hazard hazard 2 of 2 verb hazarded; hazarding : to offer something (such as a guess or an opinion) at the risk of being wrong Legal Definition hazard noun haz·ard ˈha-zərd : a condition that tends to create or increase the possibility of loss —used especially in insurance law hazard 1 of 2 noun 1 as in threat something that may cause injury or harm the tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance threat danger risk menace peril pitfall trouble imminence snare trap booby trap Antonyms & Near Antonyms protection ward shield guard safeguard shelter refuge harbor retreat asylum haven See More 2 as in luck the uncertain course of events it was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail Synonyms & Similar Words luck chance accident circumstance casualty hap risk uncertainty danger fate randomness peril destiny fortuitousness fortuity fluke happenstance doom haphazardry fortune happenchance lot Antonyms & Near Antonyms purpose intent intention plan design scheme outline See More hazard 2 of 2 verb 1 as in to risk to place in danger just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship Synonyms & Similar Words risk endanger peril threaten menace jeopardize imperil compromise jeopard venture adventure gamble (with) subject intimidate wager chance expose Antonyms & Near Antonyms protect guard shelter save shield preserve resume See More 2 as in to venture to take a chance on was unwilling to hazard landing the plane on the small island, which didn't even have an airfield Synonyms & Similar Words risk venture chance tempt adventure confront run the risk of gamble (on) breast subject endanger jeopardize menace dare challenge face imperil brave compromise brazen beard wager outbrave defy expose bet (on)
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