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risk
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[ verb ] expose to a chance of loss or damage
Synonyms Examples "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture" "Why risk your life?" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Can the church risk assuming that the `` folly '' of men is as dear to God as their `` wisdom '' , or , as is also commonly implied , that `` the foolishness of God '' and `` the foolishness of men '' are simply two ways of talking_about the same thing ? (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)When necessary , we should make it clear that countries which choose to derive marginal advantages from the cold_war or to exploit their potential for disrupting the security of the world will not_only lose our sympathy but also risk their own prospects for orderly development . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Whereas , John_Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all rights and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper : Related terms |
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[ noun ] a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Examples "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)And yet this is exactly the risk we run when we assume , as we too often do , that we can continue to preach the gospel in a form that makes it seem incredible and irrelevant to cultured men . Related terms danger health_hazard occupational_hazard sword_of_damocles endanger gamble venture |
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[ noun ] a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Examples "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime" "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Examples are in public utilities , making military aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by_any_means other_than the corporate form , e._g. constructing major airports or dams . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Once these conditions of international_law are met , countries that try to run to blockade do so at their own risk . |
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[ verb ] take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Examples "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)`` You 'll just have to risk it . |
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[ noun ] (statistics) the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16754
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[ noun ] (statistics) the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
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