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risk
English
Alternative forms
- risque (archaic)
Etymology
From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio) and rischiare (“to run into danger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??sk/
- Homophones: RISC, risque (rare dialect)
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
risk (countable and uncountable, plural risks)
- (countable) A possible adverse event or outcome
- Synonyms: danger, peril, hazard
- 2006, BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [1] on 14 May 2006
- There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.
- The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- 2006, Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise 'cuts skin cancer risk' read at [3] on 14 May 2006
- Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
- The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- (formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the effect should it occur.
- 2002, Decisioneering Inc website, What is risk? read at [6] on 14 May 2006
- If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that risk.
- 2002, Decisioneering Inc website, What is risk? read at [6] on 14 May 2006
- (countable, insurance) An entity insured by an insurer or the specific uncertain events that the insurer underwrites.
Hyponyms
- (formal business and engineering): variance, standard deviation, downside beta
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
risk (third-person singular simple present risks, present participle risking, simple past and past participle risked)
- (transitive) To incur risk of (something).
- 2006, Transportation Alternatives website, Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [7] on 14 May 2006
- These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risking serious injury.
- 2006, Transportation Alternatives website, Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [7] on 14 May 2006
- (transitive) To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
- 2006, BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [8] on 14 May 2006
- England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
- 2006, BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [8] on 14 May 2006
- (transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
- 1999, BBC News website, Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [9] on 14 May 2006
- After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.
- 1999, BBC News website, Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [9] on 14 May 2006
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
See also
- roll the dice, take a chance
References
- risk at OneLook Dictionary Search
- risk in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- risk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- risk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Kris, irks, kirs, kris, riks
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?sk]
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
risk m
- (informal) risk
Further reading
- risk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- risk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
- risk in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
risk c
- risk
Declension
Anagrams
- kris, riks-, skri
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Old Norse hressa (“be facetious”), Helsingian ressa (“be unruly, very cheerful and lively”), Norwegian rissa (“be noisy, crazy”).
Verb
risk (preterite riskä)
- (intransitive) To wrestle, play, joke, amuse oneself.
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epipen
English
Alternative forms
- epi-pen, epi pen, EpiPen, Epi-Pen, Epi Pen
Etymology
Genericization of the trademark EpiPen, presumably a blend of epinephrine +? pen, from being a pen-sized device used to inject epinephrine.
Noun
epipen (plural epipens)
- (medicine) An epinephrine/adrenaline autoinjector. A lifesaving device designed to ease the symptoms of anaphylaxis/anaphylactic shock, so as to save the life of the victim of the extreme allergic reaction, by injecting a dose of adrenaline/epinephrine through a spring-loaded needle that punches into the tissue it is triggered against.
Synonyms
- adrenaline autoinjector
- epinephrine autoinjector
Hypernyms
- autoinjector
Hyponyms
- EpiPen (brand-name epinephrine autoinjector)
Further reading
- epinephrine autoinjector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- epinephrine autoinjector on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- peepin'
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