hazard
verb/ˈhæzəd/
/ˈhæzərd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hazard | /ˈhæzəd/ /ˈhæzərd/ |
| he / she / it hazards | /ˈhæzədz/ /ˈhæzərdz/ |
| past simple hazarded | /ˈhæzədɪd/ /ˈhæzərdɪd/ |
| past participle hazarded | /ˈhæzədɪd/ /ˈhæzərdɪd/ |
| -ing form hazarding | /ˈhæzədɪŋ/ /ˈhæzərdɪŋ/ |
- to make a suggestion or guess that you know may be wrong
- hazard something Would you like to hazard a guess?
- + speech ‘Is it Tom you're going with?’ she hazarded.
- hazard that… I would hazard that she is the sole reason we are here.
- hazard something (formal) to risk something or put it in danger synonym endanger
- Careless drivers hazard other people's lives as well as their own.
Word OriginMiddle English (originally referring to a certain gambling game): from Old French hasard, from Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr ‘chance, luck’, from Persian zār or Turkish zar ‘dice’.
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