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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

derisk en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + risk.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove the risk from; to make safe.
    • Thus, rather than paying for the perceptions (no doubt valid) of higher risk, the challenge is to derisk the situation. 2011, Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E. R. Yescombe, How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets, page 3:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
derisking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
derisked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
derisked Tense=Past lexicographic
derisks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
de-risk alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

decouple