hazard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhæzəd/ (Australia)
- /ˈhæzɚd/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈhæzəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhɛzəd/ (New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
Etymology
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.
Meanings
-
(countable, historical, uncountable) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
[T]here's Harry diets himself—for gaming and is now under a hazard Regimen.
1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, III.iii:Hazard at the clubs and in fashionable society was conducted with all decorum. It was unfashionable and unpardonable to show any display of feeling at losses or gains.
1901, William Biggs Boulton, The Amusements of Old London, volume I, London: John C. Nimmo, page 139:She realized then that, of course, no one was playing hazard. Dice games were technically illegal, and certainly improper.
2002, Jo Beverley, Hazard, →ISBN:All the young men go to Spratt’s after their balls. It is de rigueur, my dear; and they play billiards as they used to play macao and hazard in Mr. Fox’s time.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 40, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
-
(countable, uncountable) Chance; accident, unpredictability.
I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.
2006 May 20, John Patterson, The Guardian:I will stand the hazard of the die.
c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, act 5, scene 4:
-
(uncountable) The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
He […] concluded by saying, he should never forgive his brother for having put the place which he bore in that friendship to a hazard.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.
1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: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.
a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
-
(countable) A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; (later also) a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty.
Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards, snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.
2009 December 27, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian:Hazard perception tests often include the task to react quickly to hazards within traffic scenarios.
2014, Neville Stanton et al., Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Part III, →ISBN:The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […].
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- (countable, qualifier:real tennis, uncountable) Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
-
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
But if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both Or bring your latter hazard back again And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
- (countable, uncountable) A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
- (countable, uncountable) Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.
-
(Ireland, countable, historical, uncountable) A cabstand, especially in Dublin.
Mr Bloom went round the corner and passed the drooping nags of the hazard.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 73:
- (countable, uncountable) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hazards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subhazard · multihazard · hazard reduction burn · losing hazard · fire hazard · hazardable · hazard creep · hazardless · race hazard · haphazard · hazardry · memetic hazard · hazardous · hazard pay · chicken-hazard · antihazard · information hazard · hazardproof · hazard light · hazardful · winning hazard · hazard ratio
Hyponyms
cognitohazard · moral hazard · health hazard · biohazard · infohazard · geohazard · chemical hazard · occupational hazard
Synonyms
skin in the game (anything hazarded or risked) · wager (anything hazarded or risked) · bet (anything hazarded or risked) · adventure (chance of suffering harm) · luck · pledge (anything hazarded or risked) · fortune (chance)
Translations (74)
gl afronta (peril) · pl niebezpieczeństwo (peril) · bg опасност (peril) · zza mani (obstacle) · el κίνδυνος (peril) · de Zufall (the chance of suffering harm) · ru риск (peril) · gl perigo (peril) · tr risk (the chance of suffering harm) · fr hasard (the chance of suffering harm) · cs překážka (obstacle in golf) · ja 危険 (peril) · zza tahlike (peril) · tr tehlike (peril) · ca perill (peril) · el ρίσκο (peril) · ar مُخَاطَرَة (peril) · cs riziko (peril) · cy antur (peril) · nl toeval (the chance of suffering harm) · bg риск (the chance of suffering harm) · ms bahaya (the chance of suffering harm) · gl risco (the chance of suffering harm) · pt perigo (peril) · mi pūmate (obstacle) · el εμπόδιο (obstacle) · ca risc (the chance of suffering harm) · ota تهلكه (peril) · nl gevaar (peril) · tr riziko (the chance of suffering harm) · ja リスク (peril) · ja ハザード (peril) · cmn 危险 (the chance of suffering harm) · pt risco (the chance of suffering harm) · tr mania (obstacle) · ro hazard (the chance of suffering harm) · ar مُغَامَرَة (peril) · gd cunnart (peril) · es escollo (peril) · fi uhka (the chance of suffering harm) · es escollo (the chance of suffering harm) · ru поме́ха (obstacle in golf) · ro întâmplare (the chance of suffering harm) · grc κίνδυνος (peril) · cy antur (the chance of suffering harm) · ml ആപത്ത് (the chance of suffering harm) · fi este (obstacle in golf) · id bahaya (the chance of suffering harm) · de Hindernis (obstacle) · fi vaara (the chance of suffering harm) · ru слу́чай (the chance of suffering harm) · enm aventure (the chance of suffering harm) · tr engel (obstacle) · cmn 危險 /危险 (peril) · fr danger (the chance of suffering harm) · pdt Jefoa (peril) · fi vaara (peril) · hy վտանգ (peril) · el τύχη (the chance of suffering harm) · fi vaara (obstacle) · cmn 風險 /风险 (peril) · ota قورقو (peril) · cs nebezpečí (peril) · mi pūmate (peril) · tr mani (obstacle) · ml അപായം (peril) · io hazardo (the chance of suffering harm) · ru шанс (the chance of suffering harm) · ru опа́сность (peril) · fr hasard (obstacle in golf) · pl ryzyko (peril) · ml അപായം (the chance of suffering harm) · de Gefahr (peril) · fr danger (peril)