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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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expose
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin exp?n? (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expound, via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”), from the same Latin term.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?sp??z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?spo?z/, /?k?spo?z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:
- This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.
- 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems (page 266)
- In the OO world, the word is to hide the structure of the data, and expose only functionality. OO designers expose an object to the world in terms of the services it provides.
- 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems (page 266)
Synonyms
- (to reveal): bare, nake; see Thesaurus:reveal
- (a hidden aspect of one's character): bewray
- (to remove clothing): doff; see Thesaurus:undress
Derived terms
- expose oneself
- exposure
- exposition
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.spoz/
Verb
expose
- first-person singular present indicative of exposer
- third-person singular present indicative of exposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
- second-person singular imperative of exposer
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