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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
hazard
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune (Freq. 3) - drinking alcohol is a health hazard • Syn: jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment • Derivationally related forms: risky (for: risk), risk (for: risk), perilous (for: peril), peril (for: peril), jeopardize (for: jeopardy), jeopardise (for: jeopardy), hazardous • Hypernyms: danger • Hyponyms: health hazard, moral hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles 2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another (Freq. 1) - bad luck caused his downfall - we ran into each other by pure chance • Syn: luck, fortune, chance • Derivationally related forms: chance (for: chance) • Hypernyms: phenomenon • Hyponyms: bad luck, mischance, mishap, tossup, toss-up, even chance 3. an obstacle on a golf course • Hypernyms: obstacle • Hyponyms: bunker, sand trap, trap, water hazard • Part Holonyms: golf course, links course
1. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (Freq. 1) - 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 • Derivationally related forms: guess (for: guess), guesser (for: guess), guessing (for: guess) • Hypernyms: speculate • Hyponyms: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise, suspect, surmise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 2. 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 • Derivationally related forms: adventure (for: adventure), adventurer (for: adventure), risk (for: risk), chance (for: chance), gamble (for: gamble), gambler (for: gamble) • Hypernyms: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay • Hyponyms: go for broke, luck it, luck through • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE - Somebody ----s (for: run a risk) - Somebody ----s PP (for: run a risk) 3. put at risk - I will stake my good reputation for this • Syn: venture, adventure, stake, jeopardize • Derivationally related forms: jeopardy (for: jeopardize), stake (for: stake), adventure (for: adventure), adventurer (for: adventure), venture (for: venture), venturer (for: venture) • Hypernyms: risk, put on the line, lay on the line • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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