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Word: Hazard
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in hazard (sense 3 of the noun)): from Old French hasard, from Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr ‘chance, luck’, from Persian zār or Turkish zar ‘dice’
ˈhazəd
a danger or risk
Short Definition:danger or risk
Examples:- the hazards of childbirth
chance; probability
Short Definition:chance or probability
Examples:- we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard
a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules.
Short Definition:gambling game with two dice
(in real tennis) each of the winning openings in the court.
Short Definition:opening in real tennis court
a stroke with which a ball is pocketed.
Short Definition:stroke pocketing ball
Word: Hazard
Speech Type: Verb
ˈhazəd
say (something) in a tentative way
Short Definition:venture to say
Examples:- he hazarded a guess
put (something) at risk of being lost
Short Definition:put at risk of being lost
Examples:- the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on
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