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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hazard
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a health risk/hazard/threat (=something that could damage your health)
▪ The report looked at the health risks linked to eating excess sugar.
a safety hazard (=something which may be dangerous)
▪ The firing range is poorly designed and poses a significant safety hazard.
an occupational hazard (=a risk that always exists in a particular job or activity)
▪ Getting injured is an occupational hazard of the sport.
hazard a guess (=guess something, when you feel very uncertain)
▪ No one at this stage is prepared to hazard a guess about the outcome of the elections.
hazard lights
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
environmental
▪ An environmental hazard and an eyesore at a park off Swindon's Cricklade Road.
▪ The need to protect the residents of the base from environmental hazards places severe demands on its design and construction.
▪ The fact that they were creating a possible environmental hazard, didn't enter into it.
▪ Initial fears that oil from the tanker would cause an environmental hazard proved unfounded.
▪ The legislation stated that the plant posed serious environmental hazards and increased the risk of nuclear proliferation.
▪ The survey will report on environmental hazards associated with exploration, such as the sea floor and faults.
▪ One of the first environmental hazards to be studied was that of desertification.
natural
▪ The collection of historical data on natural hazards is important since it is clear that their spatial pattern varies through time.
▪ The further subdivision of natural hazards is self-explanatory as is that of individual technological hazards.
▪ It is often seen in nature, but becomes much more obvious when natural hazards are removed in captive and human populations.
▪ It's a demanding course with, some would say, more than its fair share of natural hazards.
▪ Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century.
▪ Spatial analysis features particularly prominent on the research agenda relating to natural and technological hazards and geodemographics.
▪ It may, of course, be easier to quantify risk for natural hazards because of historical records and statistical estimation of recurrence intervals.
▪ Another natural hazard is radioactive material.
occupational
▪ Therefore, hepatitis B represents a significant occupational hazard to all workers who have contact with blood or body fluids.
▪ We all know that in contemporary science the greatest occupational hazard is simultaneous discovery.
▪ This is an occupational hazard shared by sportswriters and opinion pollsters.
▪ By the early seventies both were considered unremarkable occupational hazards of life in the gay fast lane.
▪ Getting injured is an occupational hazard.
▪ Loss of concentration, a complete lack of ability to focus, was the chief occupational hazard of the trading floor.
▪ Such questions from the likes of nosy old hacks like me are an occupational hazard of the famous.
▪ The data on occupational hazards and wage differentials, used by Thaler and Rosen, suffer from several problems: 1.
potential
▪ A potential X-ray hazard could then exist.
▪ Mines had been a potential hazard at or near the scene of fighting or port approaches since 1983.
▪ But the potential hazards are not imaginary.
▪ Each component was hot dip galvanized prior to being brought on site and welding was avoided to eliminate potential fire hazards.
▪ Environmental hazards Potential hazards in the hospital environment are numerous.
▪ You should report any potential danger or hazard to your manager.
real
▪ Henry did realize, didn't he, that what he'd done had constituted a real health hazard?
▪ What are the real hazards from these smaller, much more numerous impactors?
▪ The one real hazard here is the clock mounted on the north wall.
▪ But clearly the real hazard lies with larger, rarer bodies.
▪ Popular wisdom accepts impacts as a real hazard.
serious
▪ Rush hour crowding was a serious hazard, and the station was 39 percent understaffed.
▪ In general, both shock waves from airbursts and tsunami waves from ocean impacts may present serious hazards to populated areas.
▪ The legislation stated that the plant posed serious environmental hazards and increased the risk of nuclear proliferation.
▪ Overloading a socket outlet can easily start a fire, and all those trailing flexes pose a serious trip hazard.
▪ Avoid foam filled sofas - they are a serious fire hazard and give off fatal fumes and petrochemical vapours when burning.
■ NOUN
fire
▪ Mrs R. was a heavy smoker, and this was a fire hazard.
▪ The build-up of ice on roofs is also creating leaks that threaten internal wiring and pose a fire hazard.
▪ The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings, leading on to the moor itself.
▪ She knew all about fire hazards.
▪ Each component was hot dip galvanized prior to being brought on site and welding was avoided to eliminate potential fire hazards.
▪ A little broom has been planted, but not much because it is a fire hazard.
▪ The resulting rank heather is a severe fire hazard in areas attracting tourists.
▪ The restaurant clogs quickly into a cosy fire hazard.
health
▪ Eisenhower claimed in 1955 that the tests were not a health hazard.
▪ The public is convinced tobacco smoking is a health hazard and must be reined in.
▪ Living close to overhead electric power lines causes health hazards.
▪ But throughout the country, lawyers are realizing that their jobs just might be health hazards.
▪ Campaigners claim deposits of coal dust released into the atmosphere are a health hazard and a nuisance.
▪ Excess body fat is a health hazard.
▪ Rubbish, including gas bottles, was strewn across the land and the entire site was a health hazard.
▪ A public health hazard, to be sure, but not exactly the stuff of a page-turner.
safety
▪ The health and safety hazards associated with nuclear energy will have to be overcome.
▪ Before tests can begin, the Food and Drug Administration must decide if the potatoes are likely to pose major safety hazards.
▪ The Department of Transport claims that the cafes are a safety hazard.
▪ He says that they need the cafes because they're cheap, but they're not a safety hazard.
■ VERB
constitute
▪ Henry did realize, didn't he, that what he'd done had constituted a real health hazard?
▪ As far as he's aware, Freddie is quite harmless and doesn't constitute a health hazard.
▪ Flying pests also constitute a health hazard.
pose
▪ However, mats can themselves pose hazards, and it is as well if you are aware of these.
▪ When operated in wide expanses of water, away from other people, jet skis pose no hazard.
▪ The legislation stated that the plant posed serious environmental hazards and increased the risk of nuclear proliferation.
▪ Overloading a socket outlet can easily start a fire, and all those trailing flexes pose a serious trip hazard.
▪ They can pose a hazard to repair crews.
▪ Before tests can begin, the Food and Drug Administration must decide if the potatoes are likely to pose major safety hazards.
present
▪ Nuclear waste Disposal of intermediate level nuclear waste on land also presents a hazard.
▪ In general, both shock waves from airbursts and tsunami waves from ocean impacts may present serious hazards to populated areas.
▪ The natural decomposition process which occurs in landfills also produces large quantities of methane and thereby presents a significant explosion hazard.
▪ But the others would present a continuing hazard to Earth for thousands of years to come.
reduce
▪ Nick Kollerstrom's book will not help in the campaign to recognise and reduce the hazard from lead in our environment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a study into the potential hazards of playing computer games for long periods of time
▪ Despite the hazards of working 50 storeys above the ground, my grandfather loved his job.
▪ Flashing signs on the motorway warn drivers of hazards ahead.
▪ For international traders, changes in the exchange rate are an unavoidable hazard.
▪ Ice on the road is a major hazard at this time of the year.
▪ Malaria is a common hazard of life in the region.
▪ Serious lung disease seems to be an occupational hazard of working in mines.
▪ Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
▪ Many represent a hazard to neonatal life.
▪ Other approaches include limiting vehicle horsepower, placing warning signs to mark hazards and enforcing speed limits.
▪ Popular wisdom accepts impacts as a real hazard.
▪ The estimated hazard may increase with duration for some individuals and not for others in the sample, depending on their data.
▪ This presented a hazard that she hadn't experienced before - traffic.
▪ We all know that in contemporary science the greatest occupational hazard is simultaneous discovery.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
guess
▪ Not being a builder, nor an architect, I can only hazard a guess.
▪ It would be foolish even to hazard a guess.
▪ The glitter in his hooded eyes made it impossible for her to hazard even the wildest guess at what he was thinking.
▪ We hazard a guess that they're lurking in a shoebox or, worse still, the ubiquitous carrier bag!
▪ What on earth the referee had done to incur such mindless, moronic abuse, one can only hazard a guess.
▪ I hazard a guess that there are not only pure stallions on the moor; fate and carelessness always complicates herd life.
▪ What the connection is we can only hazard a guess at but it confirms all our worst suspicions about anything-core outfits once and for all.
▪ It was hard to say, even hazard a guess.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A few thought a steamer might hazard the crossing.
▪ It would be foolish even to hazard a guess.
▪ No wonder no-one at Siemens Nixdorf wants to hazard when the company might return to profit.
▪ Not being a builder, nor an architect, I can only hazard a guess.
▪ Now that the end at last seemed in sight, he thought he might hazard a look.
▪ The glitter in his hooded eyes made it impossible for her to hazard even the wildest guess at what he was thinking.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hazard

Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See Hazard, n.]

  1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

    Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
    --John Clarke.

    He hazards his neck to the halter.
    --Fuller.

  2. To venture to incur, or bring on.

    I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
    --Shak.

    They hazard to cut their feet.
    --Landor.

    Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.

Hazard

Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
--Shak.

Hazard

Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.]

  1. A game of chance played with dice.
    --Chaucer.

  2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

    I will stand the hazard of the die.
    --Shak.

  3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

    Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard.
    --Rogers.

  4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

  5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. ``Your latter hazard.''
    --Shak.

  6. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.

    Hazard table, a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes.

    To run the hazard, to take the chance or risk.

    Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hazard

c.1300, from Old French hasard, hasart (12c.) "game of chance played with dice," possibly from Spanish azar "an unfortunate card or throw at dice," which is said to be from Arabic az-zahr (for al-zahr) "the die." But this is doubtful because of the absence of zahr in classical Arabic dictionaries. Klein suggests Arabic yasara "he played at dice;" Arabic -s- regularly becomes Spanish -z-. The -d was added in French in confusion with the native suffix -ard. Sense evolved in French to "chances in gambling," then "chances in life." In English, sense of "chance of loss or harm, risk" first recorded 1540s.

hazard

"put something at stake in a game of chance," 1520s, from Middle French hasarder "to play at gambling" (15c.), from hasard (see hazard (n.)). Related: Hazarded; hazarding.

Wiktionary
hazard

n. 1 (context historical English) A type of game played with dice. (from 14th c.) 2 chance. (from 16th c.) 3 The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. (from 16th c.) vb. 1 To expose to chance; to take a risk. 2 To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on. 3 (rfdef: English)

WordNet
hazard
  1. n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: jeopardy, peril, risk]

  2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck, fortune, chance]

  3. an obstacle on a golf course

hazard
  1. v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend]

  2. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, adventure, stake, jeopardize]

  3. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]

Gazetteer
Hazard, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 66
Housing Units (2000): 39
Land area (2000): 0.253208 sq. miles (0.655805 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.253208 sq. miles (0.655805 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21765
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.090144 N, 99.077041 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68844
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Hazard, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 4806
Housing Units (2000): 2291
Land area (2000): 7.019985 sq. miles (18.181678 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.019985 sq. miles (18.181678 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35362
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.255910 N, 83.193706 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Hazard (game)

Hazard is an early English game played with two dice; it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century.

Despite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money. At Crockford's Club in London, hazard was especially popular. In the 19th century, the game craps developed from hazard through a simplification of the rules. Craps is now very popular in North America but neither game remains popular amongst the rest of the world.

Hazard (Marvel Comics)

Hazard (Carter Alexander Ryking) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2 #12.

Hazard (DC Comics)

Hazard is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. She was a member of the villainous group Injustice Society. Though she does not have a problem using her abilities for illegal gain, she has shown some apprehension at murder.

Hazard (computer architecture)

In the domain of central processing unit (CPU) design, hazards are problems with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, and can potentially lead to incorrect computation results. Three common types of hazards are data hazards, structural hazards, and control flow hazards (branching hazards).

There are several methods used to deal with hazards, including pipeline stalls/pipeline bubbling, operand forwarding, and in the case of out-of-order execution, the scoreboarding method and the Tomasulo algorithm.

Hazard (logic)

In digital logic, a hazard in a system is an undesirable effect caused by either a deficiency in the system or external influences. Logic hazards are manifestations of a problem in which changes in the input variables do not change the output correctly due to some form of delay caused by logic elements ( NOT, AND, OR gates, etc.) This results in the logic not performing its function properly. The three different most common kinds of hazards are usually referred to as static, dynamic and function hazards.

Hazards are a temporary problem, as the logic circuit will eventually settle to the desired function. Therefore, in synchronous designs, it is standard practice to register the output of a circuit before it is being used in a different clock domain or routed out of the system, so that hazards do not cause any problems. If that is not the case, however, it is imperative that hazards be eliminated as they can have an effect on other connected systems.

Hazard (golf)

A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle, which may be of two types: (1) water hazards such as lakes and rivers; and (2) man-made hazards such as bunkers. Special rules apply to playing balls that fall in a hazard. For example, a player may not touch the ground with his club before playing a ball, not even for a practice swing. A ball in any hazard may be played as it lies without penalty. If it cannot be played from the hazard, the ball may be hit from another location, generally with a penalty of one stroke. The Rules of Golf govern exactly from where the ball may be played outside a hazard. Bunkers (or sand traps) are shallow pits filled with sand and generally incorporating a raised lip or barrier, from which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass.

Hazard (song)

"Hazard" is a 1992 hit song written and performed by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #6 in the Cash Box charts.

In addition, the song was Richard's third #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, it topped charts throughout the world, hitting #1 in Australia and #3 in the United Kingdom.

Hazard (comics)

Hazard, in comics may refer to:

  • Hazard (DC Comics)
  • Hazard (Marvel Comics)
  • Hazard (Wildstorm), a Wildstorm series
Hazard (disambiguation)

A hazard is an event posing a threat to life, health, property or environment. For hazards in the context of risk assessment, see Hazard (risk).

Hazard may also refer to:

Hazard (ship)

The '' Hazard '' was an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809.

In March 1809, three ships, the Argument, the Experiment and the Hazard left Pittwater, New South Wales, bound for Sydney with a cargo of wheat. A squall arose and the Hazard was driven onto Box Head, two miles north of Barrenjoey, New South Wales. The master, Andrew Lusk, got into the ships boat but was unable to persuade his single crew member, a boy, to join him. The boy was washed overboard and was dragged from the surf by some aborigines. Lusk attempted to make it to shore but the boat capsized and Lusk drowned.

The Hazard was a sloop of unknown tonnage, probably built in Sydney in 1800. It was owned by Thorley & Griffiths and had been chartered to Lusk.

Hazard (2005 film)

Hazard is a 2005 Japanese film mostly shot in New York, written and directed by Sion Sono, starring Joe Odagiri and Jai West. It is the story of three youths who attempt to avenge their rights in a society of criminals and thugs.

Hazard (1948 film)

Hazard is a 1948 American film directed by George Marshall. It stars Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey.

Hazard

A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. These hazards are also very dangerous for human and animal life. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and possibility interact together to create risk.

Identification of hazard risks is the first step in performing a risk assessment.

Hazard (risk)

A hazard is any biological, chemical, mechanical, environmental or physical agent that is reasonably likely to cause harm or damage to humans, other organisms, or the environment in the absence of its control. This can include, but is not limited to: asbestos, electricity, microbial pathogens, motor vehicles, nuclear power plants, pesticides, vaccines, and X-rays. Identification of hazards is the first step in performing a risk assessment, though in some cases risk assessment may not be necessary.

Hazard (surname)

Hazard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868), American gunpowder manufacturer and namesake of Hazardville, Connecticut
  • Benjamin Hazard (1770–1841), Rhode Island legislator, attorney and member of the secessionist Hartford Convention
  • Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), president of Wellesley College
  • Dave Hazard, British karate expert
  • Ebenezer Hazard (1744–1817), American publisher and US Postmaster General
  • Eden Hazard (born 1991), Belgian football player, brother of Thorgan and Kylian
  • Erskine Hazard, co-founder of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
  • Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., American law professor
  • George Hazard (1700–1738), deputy governor of colonial Rhode Island
  • Henry T. Hazard (1844–1941), mayor of Los Angeles, California
  • Jonathan Hazard (1744 – c. 1824), American statesman who served as a delegate for Rhode Island in the Continental Congress
  • Kylian Hazard (born 1995), Belgian football player, brother of Eden and Thorgan
  • Manny Hazard, American football player
  • Micky Hazard (born 1960), English football player
  • Nathaniel Hazard (1776–1820), U.S. Congressman from Rhode Island
  • Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), American naval officer
  • Paul Hazard, French historian of ideas
  • Richard Hazard (1921–2000), American television composer
  • Robert Hazard (1948–2008), American musician
  • Robert Hazard (Rhode Island) (1702–1751), deputy governor of colonial Rhode Island
  • Roberta L. Hazard, admiral in U.S. Navy
  • Rowland Hazard (disambiguation), one of several people by this name
  • Thierry Hazard (born 1962), French singer
  • Thomas Hazard (c. 1610 – c. 1677, founding settler of Newport, Rhode Island
  • Thorgan Hazard (born 1993), Belgian football player, brother of Eden and Kylian

Fictional characters:

  • Jenos Hazard, character in Black Cat manga

Usage examples of "hazard".

Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix with crowds, not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads--what I would babble with a minim dose of neodexocaine in the forebrain none of us liked to think about, me least of all.

Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix with crowds, not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads-what I would babble with a minim dose of neodexocaine in the forebrain none of us liked to think about, me least of all.

I, who was already overwhelmed with distress, could bear this aggravation of misfortune and disgrace: I, who had always maintained the reputation of loyalty, which was acquired at the hazard of my life, and the expense of my blood.

Having absolutely no clue as to the contents of the wardrobe, Alec hazarded a guess.

Stella Morton, whose jumping-bean ambience seemed to add up to a hazard, and was tracking around to her with a firing arm when a third force brought it up short.

Roman annals to discover three inconsiderable rebellions, which were all suppressed in a few months, and without even the hazard of a battle.

In most cases - unless you happen to be at the actual site of the chemical or biological agents - you are likely to have time to take the one precaution that applies to all biochem hazards: avoiding areas near the contamination.

Tiana, in particular, was critical to Bly in spotting ever-changing hazards, and while she took to the water as if born a mermaid, thanks to instinctual skills and reflexes that came with the body, she had a lot to learn about hazards, and particularly what was and was not important to the captain.

The astonished bureaucrat hazarded a sidelong glance at the shabbily-dressed general, obviously regretting the slights he had given him earlier that day.

Myrtle Hazard waited until the steps of Master Byles Gridley had ceased to be heard, as he walked in his emphatic way through the long entry of the old mansion.

In some such way the grave warnings of Master Byles Gridley had called up a fully shaped, but hitherto unworded, train of thought in the consciousness of Myrtle Hazard.

It would hardly do to stab Myrtle Hazard, and shoot Byles Gridley, and strangle Mrs.

A day or two after Myrtle Hazard returned to the village, Master Byles Gridley, accompanied by Gifted Hopkins, followed her, as has been already mentioned, to the same scene of the principal events of this narrative.

Two notes passed between Myrtle Hazard and Master Byles Gridley that evening.

The natives were hostile, so it was only with hazard and difficulty that the mariners managed to restock the chuan with food and water.