risk1 nounrisk2 verb
riskrisk1 /rɪsk/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINrisk1
Origin:
1600-1700 French risque, from Italian riscoEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A lot of children start smoking without realizing what the risks are.
- Clean the wound thoroughly to reduce the risk of infection.
- Drivers often break the speed limit, and there's little risk of getting caught.
- How much risk is there with this kind of operation?
- It is possible to get malaria in this area, but the risk is pretty low.
- Many of these beaches are not clean, and they carry a high risk of viral infection for swimmers.
- Nothing worthwhile is accomplished without risk or danger.
- People continue to smoke, despite knowing the risks of heart disease or cancer.
- The disease affects cats but there is no risk to humans.
- There are a lot of risks involved when you start your own business.
- There is a high risk of injury in contact sports such as rugby.
- We can't ignore the risk that fighting could spread throughout the region.
- Wearing a seatbelt can reduce the risk of serious injury.
- What exactly is the risk of an ordinary aircraft crashing?
- A high-technology firm, for example, faces a great deal more business risk than does an electric utility.
- Among middle-class women, early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression.
- For high risk junctions increasing exemplar risk is associated with an increase in the amount of information described.
- Mantel-Haenszel weights were used for summary risk ratio estimates.
- Similarly, they share the risks and the profits or losses which may accrue to them.
- The increased risk for acute lymphoid leukemia alone was 43 %, the researchers said.
- The whole point is adventure and calculated risk taking.
- Trading Bonds for a pitcher is an unacceptable risk because pitchers break down so frequently.
THESAURUS
the chance that something bad may happen: · Smoking greatly increases the risk of lung cancer.
the possibility that something very bad will happen: · the only way to reduce the threat of nuclear war
something that may be dangerous or cause accidents or problems: · natural hazards like avalanches
Longman Language Activatora possibility that something bad might happen a possibility that something harmful or unpleasant will happen, especially as a result of something else: · There are a lot of risks involved when you start your own business.risk of: · People continue to smoke, despite knowing the risks of heart disease or cancer.risk of doing something: · Drivers often break the speed limit, and there's little risk of getting caught.risk that: · We can't ignore the risk that fighting could spread throughout the region.reduce/increase the risk of something: · Clean the wound thoroughly to reduce the risk of infection.
the possibility that something dangerous or very unpleasant will happen, for example if a particular situation continues or is not dealt with: · The river has not flooded yet, but that does not mean the danger has passed.· The gas leak was quickly fixed, but workers at the factory say the danger remains real.danger of: · Is there any danger of Mike being arrested?· Wear a hat and drink plenty of fluids to reduce the danger of sunstroke.danger that: · There's a real danger that the region's forests will disappear completely in the next 50 years.
a strong possibility that something very bad will happen, especially something that will affect a lot of people: · Tuberculosis is a common threat when people live in crowded conditions.· The nuclear threat, while not gone completely, is reduced.threat of: · Once again the people of Sudan face the threat of famine.threat to: · The latest outbreak of the disease can be seen as the greatest threat to UK farmers yet.threat that: · There is a threat that the violence will break out again.pose a threat (=be a threat): · It's nonsense to say that the protesters pose any threat to democratic society.
a risk that cannot be avoided, because it is always there in a particular activity or situation: · For international traders, changes in the exchange rate are an unavoidable hazard.hazard of doing something: · a study into the potential hazards of playing computer games for long periods of timehazard of: · Malaria is a common hazard of life in the region.occupational hazard (=a hazard that always exists in a particular job): · Serious lung disease seems to be an occupational hazard of working in mines.
involving risk involving a risk: · It's always risky leaving your car out on the street overnight.· Being self-employed is much more risky than being a wage earner.· Risky investments can offer high yields, but also the possibility of greater losses.risky to do something: · The experiments would be too risky to perform on humans.
risks that are not necessary and that could cause harm or serious problems: · Using humor in a job interview is a dangerous thing - you never know how the interviewer will react.· Women felt that complaining about sexual harrassment was dangerous, as there was always the threat of losing their jobs.it is dangerous to do something: · It is dangerous to assume that share prices will continue to rise.
an action that is foolhardy involves so much risk that someone seems stupid for trying it: · It was foolhardy to take the plane up alone, with so little flying experience.· The country was in such huge debt that any spending proposals looked foolhardy.· I drove to the hospital at a foolhardy speed, arriving just after my wife.
something that is high-risk involves a lot of risk, but if you choose to do it and it is successful, you will have very good results: · It was a high-risk strategy to attack with such a small number of planes, but it was brilliantly successful.· a high-risk investment
something risky that you do because you hope that it will succeed and that you will gain something from it: · A gamble by the quarterback on the final play allowed them to score.· Changing jobs is always a gamble, but the opportunity looks good.a gamble pays off (=it is successful): · Despite the serious doubts of his advisors, the President's gamble paid off.
informal involving a serious risk that things will go wrong: · It's too dicey to base this policy on what might happen in the coming year.· Taking the mountain road is always a bit dicey at this time of year.
involving a serious possibility of failure or loss: · No one would lend money to a company in such a precarious position.· The typical peasant farmer has a precarious existence, at the mercy of flood, disease and famine.· His political position has become extremely precarious.
to do something even though there is a risk to decide to do something, even though you know that something bad or harmful might happen as a result: · I knew we were taking a risk when we lent him the money.· Nobody is successful in business without taking a few risks.· Climbers like the thrill that taking risks gives them.take a calculated risk (=decide to do something after thinking very carefully about the risks): · Most investors study the market and take calculated risks.
also chance it informal to decide to do something even though there is a risk, because you think that you will succeed: · Victor took a chance and set up his own company, which has been very successful.· Isaacs chanced it with a long three-point shot at goal in the last minute of the game.take a chance on (=hope that something happens): · He persuaded the record company to take a chance on the band, and it became a huge hit.take chances (=always be ready to take a chance, especially in your work): · There are a lot of people in the movie industry who are afraid to take chances and do new things.
to do something that you know might have a harmful or negative result: · He risked a cautious glance over the wall, and saw a group of guards standing by the gate.risk doing something: · I decided to risk looking for a place to stay when I got there, rather than booking in advance.risk it: · Road conditions were supposed to be pretty bad, but we decided to risk it.
informal to do something or give your opinion about something, even though you know there is a risk that you are wrong or will be criticized: · The evidence is good, but I won't stick my neck out until all the data is in.· Look, I'll stick my neck out and say it'll be finished by tomorrow evening.
to finally decide to do something important but which involves some risk, after thinking about it very carefully: · Forsyth took the plunge into politics in 1996.· "Are you two getting married?" "Yes. We've decided to take the plunge."
if you do something at your own risk , it will be your own fault if something bad happens - used especially on official signs and notices to warn people: · Visitors who park their cars in the corner lot do so at their own risk.· Journalists were allowed into the area, but only at their own risk.
spoken say this when what you are going to say or do might make someone angry, upset etc: · A school has to be able to make rules about students' dress, even at the risk of upsetting parents.· At the risk of sounding like your mother, you'd better dress up warm.· This is a point which -- at the risk of being boring -- I must emphasize once again.
when people deliberately take risks in order to achieve something - use this especially about actions in business or dangerous sports: · The culture in Silicon Valley values risk-taking and entrepreneurship.· Risk-taking has long been a feature of the theatre company's productions, which have tackled many difficult issues.
to do something that involves unnecessary risks to stupidly do something that is almost certain to be dangerous or cause trouble: · Anyone who buys second-hand car tires is just asking for trouble.· You need to have a good knowledge of the industry before you buy stocks, or you're asking for trouble.
especially written if you invite trouble, criticism, attack etc, you do something that seems likely to cause you trouble or that encourages people to criticize you, attack you etc: · If you don't maintain your car regularly, you're just inviting trouble.· Not to provide aid will just invite further catastrophe in the area.
informal to do something that involves a risk of failure, because you have been successful when you have done it before: · I think I'd be pushing my luck if I asked him to babysit again on such short notice.· Twelve months later, the captain of Sea Rover pushed his luck once too often.
to do something that involves unnecessary risk, because you are too confident that there will be no problems: · It would be tempting fate to travel without a spare wheel.· By building houses in the steep canyons, Californians are tempting fate in the form of mudslides and fires.
to stupidly take a risk, especially by doing something or getting involved in a situation that is likely to have a very unpleasant result: · The government was warned it was playing with fire by arresting so-called "separatist" leaders.· Anyone who gets involved with a married man is playing with fire.
to risk losing something to risk losing something, especially in order to gain something else: · Companies cannot risk losing customers through computer problems.· The university has already cut its budget as much as possible without risking its quality and reputation.risk something on something: · You'd have to be crazy to risk your money on an investment like that.
to do something even though there is a risk of failure or loss, because you will gain a lot if it is successful: · They seem to be gambling the whole future of the compamy in return for a quick short-term profit.· If we gamble and succeed, no one will mind. But if we gamble and fail, we'll probably lose our jobs.· In 1972, NBC took a gamble and created a show featuring Redd Foxx, a black comic whose stage routines were somewhat off-color.gamble/take a gamble that: · During the drought, water companies used water from the emergency reservoirs, gambling that normal rainfall would soon fill them up again.gamble/take a gamble on: · The team took a gamble on Whitney, who is fast and an accurate player, but only five-foot-nine.
if you put your job, career, reputation etc on the line, you risk losing your job, reputation etc if something is not successful or if you make the wrong decision: · Whatever type of company you have, you put your reputation on the line when you handle complaint calls.· Many workers feel they may be putting their jobs on the line if they protest about safety abuses.
to risk losing something important if the result of a plan or action is not successful: · Lincoln staked his political career on opposition to slavery.· She had staked her academic reputation on the accuracy of her research.
to buy a large amount of shares, land, or foreign money because you hope to make a big profit when you sell it, even though you risk losing your money: · Her father made his money speculating on the New York Stock Exchange.speculate in shares/land etc: · Terry speculated heavily in mining shares and lost a lot of money.
when you are in a situation where there are risks to get into a situation where something very unpleasant might happen to you as a result of something you do: · Many refugees risk death or arrest in their attempts to flee persecution.risk doing something: · I don't want to risk offending your parents.risk your life: · The Carnegie Hero awards are given to those who risk their lives to save others.
to be in a situation where something bad might happen to you, especially because of something you do: · The people who use these drugs are often unaware of the risks they are running.run a risk of doing something: · Men run a greater risk of dying from heart disease than women.· Rather than running the risks of using harmful pesticides in your garden, try using natural or organic methods of pest control.
to be in a situation in which you risk being harmed or losing something very important or valuable: · The children were removed from the family because their father was violent and they were believed to be at risk.be at risk ofalso + for American: · Those with fair skin are more at risk of skin cancers than those with dark skin.· Some firms provide health checks for employees who are at risk of back injury.
to be in a situation in which something harmful might happen, often caused by your own actions: · The test helps identify pregnant women who are in danger of miscarriage.be in danger of doing something: · The Democrats are in danger of alienating their traditional supporters.· If the team doesn't start winning, Coach Sanders could be in danger of losing his job.
likely to be in particular danger of something bad happening, or likely to involve greater risks than usual: · high-risk occupations such as construction work· The AIDS awareness campaign was targeted mainly at high-risk groups, especially drug users and prostitutes.
also leave yourself open to American to do or say something that makes it likely that people will blame you, criticize you etc: · He has left himself open to charges of racism.· Any journalist who writes a story without checking his facts is simply laying himself open to criticism.
to talk about a particular subject when there is a risk that you may offend, annoy, or or upset someone: · A boss who puts his arm around an employee is on dangerous ground and could risk charges of harassment.· I realized I was in dangerous territory, and steered the conversation away from his business interests.
in a situation where there are risks if something is at risk, it could be harmed, destroyed or lost: · Unless funding becomes available, the entire project is at risk.be at risk of: · Wildlife along the coastline is at risk of serious pollution from the tankers.be at risk from: · The future of the party is clearly at risk from internal divisions.
if something is in danger , especially something very important, there is a serious risk that it will be harmed, destroyed, or lost: · With the rise of the fascist right, democracy itself was in danger.be in danger of doing something: · The whole building is in danger of collapsing.· The achievements of the 1917 Revolution are now in danger of being forgotten.
if something, especially a plan, an agreement, or a relationship is in jeopardy, there is a serious risk that it will fail, be lost, or be harmed: · Negotiations have broken down, and the peace agreement is now in jeopardy.· Lessing's career in football was in jeopardy after his back surgery in July.
if something important or valuable is at stake , there is a risk that it will be lost if something that you are doing is unsuccessful: · With a place in the final at stake, there was everything to play for.· The peace process will not end; there is too much at stake.
if something important and valuable is under threat , there is a risk that it will be lost or destroyed unless someone takes action to stop the situation that causes it: · With so many new offices being built in London, a lot of important archaeological remains are under threat.be under threat from: · Sensitive environmental areas are under threat from urban developers.be under threat of: · Demand for coal fell, and many of the mines were under threat of closure.
if something such as your job or people's opinion of you is on the line , there is a risk that you will lose it if you do not succeed in something that you are trying to do: · A company's reputation is on the line in the way it handles complaints.· Your job's on the line in this case - you'd better make sure you're right.
to cause risks to do something that makes it more likely that someone or something will be harmed: · The pilot has been accused of putting his passengers' lives at risk.· Development in the wetlands will put the environment and wildlife habitats at risk.put sb/sth at risk of: · Some people carry a gene that puts them at greater risk of certain cancers.
to make it likely that something bad will happen to someone or something: · A severe drought is threatening the rice crop.· According to some scientists, global warming threatens the survival of the whole human race.
to put someone or something in a dangerous or harmful situation: · The U.S. was unwilling to do anything that might endanger the alliance with Japan.· The pilot refused to endanger the lives of his passengers by making an unscheduled landing.· If unemployment continues to rise, social stability may be endangered.
also put/place something in jeopardy to do something that increases the risk that something good will be harmed or lost: · A scandal like this might jeopardize his political career.· The breaking of the ceasefire has put the whole peace process in jeopardy.seriously jeopardize: · The country's economic future is seriously jeopardized by the mass emigration of young people.
to put someone else in a dangerous situation formal: endanger someone's life/health/safety etc to put someone in a dangerous situation that would badly affect their health, safety etc: · Smoking during pregnancy endangers your baby's health.· The city authorities complained that low-flying aircraft were endangering public safety.· Any raid or rescue operation would endanger the lives of the hostages.
to put someone in a dangerous situation in which they could be killed, especially by not obeying safety rules: · If an ambulance crew goes on strike, it is putting people's lives at risk.· By not dealing with the problem of radioactive waste, we are putting the lives of future generations at risk.
danger of death or serious harm the possibility that someone or something will be harmed or killed: · Danger! Keep out.· I stood at the side of the road and waved my arms to warn other drivers of the danger.danger of: · The organization ran a national campaign about the dangers of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
the possibility of serious harm if you do something dangerous - use this especially when you want to say how great the possibility is: · How much risk is there with this kind of operation?· A lot of children start smoking without realizing what the risks are.risk of: · What exactly is the risk of an ordinary aircraft crashing?high/low risk: · There is a high risk of injury in contact sports such as rugby.· It is possible to get malaria in this area, but the risk is pretty low.reduce/increase the risk: · Wearing a seatbelt can reduce the risk of serious injury.risk to/for: · The disease affects cats but there is no risk to humans.carry a risk: · Many of these beaches are not clean, and they carry a high risk of viral infection for swimmers.
something that may be dangerous, cause accidents etc: · Flashing signs on the motorway warn drivers of hazards ahead.hazard of: · Despite the hazards of working 50 storeys above the ground, my grandfather loved his job.present/represent a hazard (to somebody): · Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.
something that can cause danger, especially during a journey - used especially in literature: · None of us who set off on that calm September morning could have foreseen the perils that lay ahead.peril of: · the perils of a life at sea
to be likely to be dangerous to people or things to be likely to harm other people or things: · People who drink and drive are a danger to themselves and to others.· The judge described Thomas as 'a danger to the public'.· Extreme nationalism is the single greatest danger to peace in the modern world.
formal if a situation or the existence of something poses a threat , it is dangerous to people: · Supplies of food were so low that this posed a threat as serious as invasion.pose a threat to: · Chemicals in our drinking water could pose a serious threat to public health.pose no threat: · Scientists feel that present levels of radiation pose no threat.
if an activity or a problem threatens something such as a place, animal, or way of life, it could cause it to no longer exist: · Illegal hunting threatens the survival of the African elephant.· By August, it was clear that the volcano could threaten the whole island.
someone who is a menace behaves in a dangerous way, without thinking about the safety of other people: · Drivers like that are a menace. They shouldn't be allowed on the road.be a menace to: · We consider drug trafficking to be a menace to the security of our nation.
to be likely to kill people, cause accidents etc: · Ice on the road is a major hazard at this time of the year.be a hazard to: · The residents of Hollyhurst Road complained that cars parked there were a hazard to pedestrians.be a fire/health/environmental etc hazard: · Garbage that is left uncollected becomes a serious health hazard.
a situation or object that is likely to cause a fire or to damage people's health: · Litter problems and a high fire risk mean that there is now restricted camping on the route.· Cigarettes are acknowledged as a serious health risk and the main cause of lung cancer.
informal if a building, road, car etc is a death-trap , it is very dangerous to enter or use, for example because it is in very bad condition, or is badly designed: · Fire-safety inspectors described the basement night-club as a death trap.· The ancient bridge was described as a potential death trap for the tourists that flock there.
to do something that may hurt or kill you to do something very dangerous, especially in order to help someone, when you know that you may get killed because of your action: · Every day firefighters risk their lives in the course of their duty.risk your life to do something: · She risked her life to save the drowning child.
if you do something at your own risk , you must accept that it is dangerous and that it is your own fault if you are injured or killed: · Anyone who swims in this part of the river does it at their own risk.
informal to do something very dangerous in order to help someone - use this especially when you think the action is unnecessary: · Don't do it. It's not worth risking your neck.risk your neck to do something: · "Come back!" Ned shouted. "You can't risk your neck to save a dog!"
to do something that could have a very dangerous or harmful result: · Failure to stick to the safety rules is simply playing with fire.· These men are criminals. If you get involved with them, you'll be playing with fire.
informal to put yourself in a situation in which you may get killed, especially when it is a situation which you cannot control: · The teenager took his life in his hands in trying to avoid being caught by police.· You'll be taking your life in your hands if you let Eric drive you home!
to deliberately do something that is so dangerous that you may easily get killed, especially when you do it for excitement: · When young people experiment with drugs, they're dicing with death.
formal if you warn someone that they do something at their peril , you mean that it would be very dangerous for them to do it: · Any climber who neglects these simple precautions does so at their peril.· Ignore this warning at your peril.
to be in a dangerous situation · Mr and Mrs Watkins are worried that their daughter may be in danger.be in danger of something (=be in a situation when it is possible you may be killed or injured by something dangerous) · Some of the children were in danger of starvation.somebody's life is in danger · Even a small accident in these mountains can mean that your life is in danger.be in grave/serious danger (=be in a very dangerous situation) · The ship was in grave danger of being sunk by enemy aircraft.
if someone is at risk , they are in a dangerous situation, especially because they are weak and are more likely to be harmed than other people: · Accidents in the home are extremely common, and elderly people are most at risk.be at risk from: · The vaccine is available for those who are most at risk from the flu epidemic.be at risk of (doing) something: · The hospital refused to move her, implying she was still at risk of committing suicide.
to be in a dangerous and difficult situation, especially because of an unexpected problem: · Scott said nothing, but I knew from his face that we were in trouble.be in serious trouble: · It was clear from the storm reports that the fishing boat must be in serious trouble.
to be in a dangerous situation - used especially in literature: be in great/grave peril (=be in serious danger): · It soon became clear that the ship was in grave peril.put somebody/something in peril: · Anything that slows down the operation, immediately puts the patient in peril.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
Some banks are risk averse (=do not like taking a risk). The police took a calculated risk in releasing him. The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.
· Professional sport involves a relatively high risk of injury.
· The risks of failure are quite low.
(=fairly large)· Starting up your own business involves considerable risks.
· There is a great risk that the wound will become infected.
· Those who smoke have an increased risk of heart disease.
· There is a real risk that there could be another war.
(=real and big)· The most serious risk of flooding this evening is on the River Wye.
· The potential risks associated with this operation should not be ignored.
· There is relatively little financial risk for the company.
· The political risks for the president are minimal.
formal (=risks involved in something)· Those who deal with firearms are generally aware of the attendant risks.
verbs (=might be dangerous)· Most medical operations carry some risk.
(=might be dangerous)· Climate change poses serious risks to the environment.
· Investments that provide a high return generally entail more risk.
· This diet could reduce your risk of certain cancers.
· Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.
(=remove risk completely)· You can’t eliminate risk in your life completely.
· They are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism.
· The dominant male faces the risk that adult males from the group will attack him.
risk + NOUN (=something that increases a risk)· High cholesterol is one of the risk factors associated with heart disease.
(=a calculation of how much risk is involved in something)· Engineering risk assessment is based on objective scientific criteria.
phrases· There is always a risk that mistakes will be made.
(=some risk, but not much)· There is always an element of risk in flying.
· Don’t walk home alone at night – it’s not worth the risk.
· The soldiers were well aware of the risks involved.· The public are unwilling to accept the risks associated with nuclear energy.
(=they are more important than the possible risks)· The benefits to patients who are taking the drug far outweigh the risks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=an official list of people in this situation)
Some banks are risk averse (=do not like taking a risk). The police took a calculated risk in releasing him. (=a risk that a bank etc may not get back the money it lends)· Banks first have to assess whether a borrower is a credit risk.
The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. (=something that makes you more likely to have an illness)· The highest risk factor for coronary heart disease was found to be smoking.
· The risk of failure for a new product is very high.· The possibility of failure was sufficiently high for the auditors to warn investors.
(=something that could damage your health)· The report looked at the health risks linked to eating excess sugar.
cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.· He risked his life to help Jews during the Second World War.
· The chemical leak poses a threat to human health.
· Tired drivers are a potential danger to other road users.
· His presence in the area posed a significant security risk.
· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
· Neither team is likely to take any unnecessary risks, so the result will probably be a draw.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The greatest risk of conflict is at mealtimes.· The more times you go up there, the greater the risk.· If you are one of those patients who are at greater risk from flu, you should try to avoid catching it.· Just how great those risks were, Roosevelt knew as did few others in the world.· Unquoted companies are not subject to such disclosure requirements and accordingly represent a greater risk.· Teenagers often consider themselves immortal, and these young people may be putting themselves at great risk.· The new provisions hit hardest at the exploration stages of minerals projects, where there is the greatest risk.· Still, Dave puts his family at great risk, yet takes smart precautions to protect a casual acquaintance.
· We accept that a high risk should have a high reward even though this is not always the case in the market place.· This is a time for high risks.· One contentious area where ethical controversies abound concerns genetic screening and the detection of high risk groups.· The possibility of such a mid-plate quake thus carries a much higher risk than one on a plate boundary.· Despite this high risk of exposure to infection, the reported incidence of clinical cases is small.· They must not demand a very high cash outlay or demand a very high degree of risk thereby endangering subsistence.· This, of course, begs the question of who is in the high risk group.· They reported a 60 % higher risk linked to maternal alcohol consumption.
· Thus the impact of an increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with poor dental health could be substantial.· Discussion Overall we found that periodontal disease was associated with a small increased risk of coronary heart disease.· If the acceptance of increased risk is rewarded by a greater return as predicted by the model then should be positive.· The plastic membrane is treated to prevent this, and animal trials have shown no increased risk of clotting.· Recent studies have found an increased risk of diseases other than lung cancer in passive smokers.· For melanoma, it has been shown that the de novo expression of ICAM-1 correlates with an increased risk of metastasis.· An increased risk of developing gastric cancer after previous vagotomy has also been reported.· These results suggest that there is an increased risk of osteoporotic fractures at the spine and hip.
· The Novartis team used a low risk philosophy, which necessarily cost more, though it provided guarantees against disaster.· The black buckets styled as builders buckets are useful for cleaning in low risk areas.· Britain - after the traumas of the 1960s - looked for a modest space policy, low profile and low risk.· Transplants did not improve the survival chances of patients at low and medium risk of dying on the waiting list.· It is reinforced further by the fact that they have a low default risk.· A consequence of the lower risk is that many futures exchanges require lower margins for spreads than for single positions.· In patients with severe haemorrhage and low surgical risk, surgical intervention was carried out immediately.· This varies depending on whether you work in a high or low risk area.
· The county council says the waste was not a potential risk to the public.· Rightly or wrongly, I judged the potential risks in so doing were greater than any possible benefit that I could imagine.· The significance of such questions can only be assessed in the light of present knowledge and potential benefits weighed against potential risks.· Initially stimuli are compared in terms of the total numbers of descriptions and potential risks in the protocols.· Faculty supporters counter that the faculty would still be within the Institute and that the benefits would far outweigh the potential risk.· The significant main effect of junction type for both descriptions and potential risks is difficult to accommodate within this framework.· The market has a mechanism for ensuring even that the potential risk of damage to the environment can be costed.· Addictive disease, as opposed to physiological addiction, it is not a significant potential risk for all human beings.
· There can be no real intimacy without risk, but it is difficult to establish trust without risk to demonstrate it.· The real amount at risk is perhaps only 1 percent to 1. 5 percent of the notional figure, bankers estimate.· The only real risk to regiments, as against the programme that we have set out, is a change of Government.· If there is no one to talk it through with, then there is the real risk of hopeless adventure.· This is a very real risk, and it accounts for some of the initial resistance in both Boston and Tulsa.· But there are real risks in leaving everything until next spring.· Spending most of each day in out-of-home care is a real risk factor for a baby.
· The relative risk of developing resistance with each regimen is unknown.· These workers are the most mobile and have the greatest incentive to evaluate carefully the relative and absolute risks.· Adjustment of the relative risks for smoking made little difference.· Treatment in the young has to be decided individually, based on the relative risk and assessment of the most likely mechanism.· The size of the relative risk strongly suggests a genetic contribution.· Point estimates for the relative risks were computed by using the observed to expected ratios in the individual exposure groups.· We used Mantel-Haenzel estimates of relative risk and rate ratios for stratified data.· Proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate relative risks adjusted for several covariates.
· Most patients coming to hospital after an overdose are not at serious risk.· Both the capability-building priority and the unusual time commitments bore serious risks to their professional advancement and reward.· Under that case the accused must take an obvious and serious risk.· This material is at serious risk of being stolen.· He took a much greater and more serious risk, one which his relatives to this day gloss over or fudge.· With that political cover, the White House figured it could authorize the move without serious risk.· At worst, it could have been a serious health risk or even life-threatening.· Therefore, it can be said that there need not be an obvious and serious risk of death in reckless manslaughter.
NOUN· Hronek also performs site-specific safety and risk assessment consultations for government and organizations.· Let us now consider some of the economic and political factors generally incorporated into country risk assessment models applicable to non-OECD countries.· Authorised conditions of disposal can be recorded together with any associated risk assessments.· Clean technology - assessing the benefits Quantitative risk assessment has been employed to aid safety management decisions for many years.· Furthermore, the scales at which population estimates are often required means that even EDs are too coarse for risk assessments.· Comply with Regulations Engineering standards and Codes of Practice can be thought of as the result of generic risk assessments.
· These risk factors accounted for about one third of the grade differences in sickness absence.· The risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome within groups were remarkably similar.· Decades of research on a major scale points the finger at cholesterol as one of the key risk factors for heart disease.· If the patient is over 40 or has risk factors for colon carcinoma, a barium enema is prudent.· Other risk factors, not related to ethnicity, probably explain remaining differences between Maori and non-Maori children.· Effect of combinations of risk factors Risk factors identified by univariate analysis were examined in pairs to determine their effect on healing.· Between 5.2 and around 6 is an intermediate zone which is fine provided the patient has no other risk factors.
· Are the long-term health risks of playing through injury explained to, and understood by, players?· All have policies allowing women of child-bearing age to transfer to other jobs if they are concerned about health risks.· I find it very sad that the traditional weekend by the sea cam now be considered a health risk.· The health risks of dieting should be more of an issue for her.· The environment minister, Michael Meacher, conceded that the pyres could be a health risk.· But legal restrictions can significantly increase health risks as abortion services are driven underground.· Its radiation emissions are said to be a severe health risk to local residents.· Some people began early on to hint that fat was a health risk.
· Several have human resources consultancies, while Eversheds recently set up a risk management consultancy.· Mr Wilson, 41 years old, had been general manager of risk management.· The objective is to instil an awareness of risk issues and basic methods of risk management.· It will use Equifax's on-line risk management system to authorise card transactions.· Mr Dickie is one of a growing band of marketing consultants, advising farming companies on risk management.· Table 2 lists managements practices which have been found to correlate with effective risk management.· The Guidelines are neither a technical code of practice nor a manual for risk management.· Yet with the development of improved risk management techniques, they find that much of the technological infrastructure is already in place.
· This model is also used to derive a theoretical expression for the risk premium.· Capital market theory implies that, for index futures, there is a risk premium.· This is reflected by the inclusion of the risk premium factor.· If then follows that the sign of the risk premium can not be decided apriori.· If traders are risk-averse, as volatility increases, the size of any risk premium will also tend to increase.· Next, the issue of whether the return on a futures contract includes a risk premium is examined.· The market return minus the risk-free return is the risk premium that investors expect for investing in the market portfolio.
· To explore this possibility subjects gave risk ratings for the stimuli after completing the main experiment.· The risk ratings come from Morningstar.· The risk rating is a statistical measure of the probability of failure for companies with negative Z-Score.· The risk ratings of recent failures are also provided in Table 1.· Accident estimates and risk ratings are strongly related for individual subjects.· The data for risk ratings and accident estimates were considered separately and are plotted in Figures 4.1 and 4.2 respectively.· One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions.· The actual distribution of responses across the 20 possible risk ratings and 21 possible accident estimates is shown in Figure 3.2.
· Bobby Kennedy declared Sinatra's home a security risk, and the President had to cancel his stay at the Sinatra mansion.· Windows 95 users will want to explore some built-in security risks in that software.· Decorative projecting bricks, alcoves, wrought iron gates, and so on, are a security risk.· It is hard for me to imagine how you could say they present a security risk.· The Northern authorities confirmed tonight they wouldn't be switching the tie despite the obvious security risk.· The investigations are intended to prevent spies, criminals, security risks and other undesirables from entering government.· Apparently they regarded Churchill as a poor security risk.· On paper, Jack Edward Dunlap was the ideal security risk.
VERB· However, even relatively rhythmic and non-contact activities may be associated with substantial injury risks.· Fund investors should have large concerns about the liquidity of their investments and the associated risk.· A key question concerns the types of social contact that may be associated with a high risk of transmission of P cepacia.· People hold domestic deposits despite the higher interest rate on offshore deposits because they associate greater political risk with offshore deposits.· Co-trimoxazole was associated with lower risks of severe events in all strata.· In pregnancy and obesity, increased fasting and postprandial residual gall bladder volumes are associated with increased risk of gall stone formation.· However, it is also associated with excess risk as a cause of marital breakdown.· Clozapine, for example, appears to be associated with reduced risk of relapse.
· The operation will be strictly controlled to avoid any further risks.· Similarly, Y is the average value per injury avoided by reducing risk.· Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself.· Our method for avoiding risk is to have little exposure to tech.· However, Mr Komura on Tuesday said that his ministry would now study ways of avoiding this risk.· The duty in the law of negligence is not a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid risk of causing injury.· A suitable form of wording could be devised to avoid the risk of inviting a flood of claims, spurious or genuine.· If so, now is a good time to remove the safety-tab from the cassette to avoid the risk of accidental erasure.
· Odds ratios were calculated for the risk of fracture in the arthritic women.· Delegation truly involved interpersonal judgment, taking calculated risks on whom to trust.· It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.· They tend to set moderately difficult goals for themselves and to take calculated risks. 3.
· These procedures carry the risk of introducing further infection into the biliary tree.· The possibility of such a mid-plate quake thus carries a much higher risk than one on a plate boundary.· Looking down carries the further risk of making him unaware of other dangers around him.· Williams cautioned that vigorous exercise can carry risks.· Most government agencies provide up to 90 percent cover, with the exporter carrying the balance of risk himself.· That, they knew, carried with it great risks early in the war.· Parent company guarantees Joining an overseas subsidiary, for example, carries potential risks.· It was a response that carried considerable risk.
· A few precautions are advisable to eliminate any risk that may exist in a domestic situation.· This will lower but not eliminate the risk of infection.· In any event, the new regulations can not eliminate the risk to taxi drivers.· Research will never eliminate risk, but it minimizes it.· For the bureaucracy itself, Marx noted how a Bonapartist regime virtually eliminated the risk of public scrutiny and criticism.· In contrast, the engineer's ambition is to control, to organise, to plan and to eliminate risks.· In modern portfolio theory this is defined as the extent to which the construction of the portfolio has eliminated non-market risk.· Nevertheless, it will eliminate the risk of misunderstanding if you and your employer discuss retirement specifically.
· Hypothesis Power lines, cancer and cyclotron resonance Living close to overhead power lines may increase the risk of cancer in humans.· Third, it would seriously increase the risk of default on our national debt.· However, installing a medium or large computer with pre-packaged software severely increases the risk.· For two decades, research has re-ported that anger is related to an increased risk of heart attack.· And going it alone in this kind of way increases the risks as well as limiting choice.· Controlling for the other variables, Thaler and Rosen found a clear systematic tendency for wage rates to rise with increasing risk.· Increasing risks and decreasing opportunities tend to be interrelated, of course: better protection and surveillance decrease opportunities by increasing perceived risks.· The study found two groups of patients that could be successfully treated for pneumonia as outpatients with no increased risk.
· Buyers who habitually purchase supplies from one supplier may recognise that change involves unwarranted risk.· Covert sensitization requires no special equipment, involves minimal risk to patients, and can easily be conducted on an outpatient basis.· This is known as trading in maturities, but, however, it does involve an element of risk for a bank.· Creativity inevitably involves taking risks, and, in Great Groups, it is understood that the risk taker will sometimes stumble.· However, the investment in all assets except for short-term government debt involves some degree of risk.· Staying will involve great risks, of which both the victim and the church should be aware.· Many sales situations involve risk to the buyer.· While sometimes it can lead to more control, it also involves great risk and therefore stress.
· Systematic evaluation and forecasting can minimize risks but never eliminate them.· Victims tend to minimize the risk they are experiencing.· This caution obviously arises from the need to minimize the risk of long-term side-effects caused by seemingly innocent new substances.· No criticism attaches to the effort of the modern corporation to minimize risk.· Where possible, information on an issue was collected from several different respondents to minimize the risk of bias.· It tormented him to think that something might happen in his absence, and he made every effort to minimize the risks.· This organic staining method was chosen to minimize the risk of contamination by inorganic elements.· A risk management program means all programs to minimize extraordinarily hazardous accident risks.
· In its solid form it poses no great risk.· That poses a big risk for the Bells.· Under the convention, seals can only be killed if they pose a risk to fish or fishing equipment.· They blocked efficient economic combinations that posed no competitive risk to anyone, except the merging parties' slower-footed rivals.· Regulators say that although the erosion does not pose an immediate risk, they are concerned about its long-term safety implications.· In some areas of the park the vegetation is tinder dry and poses a real risk of a serious moorland fire.· Illiteracy poses greater military risks than this.
· If your partner has not been faithful, then your partner is at risk which also puts you at risk.· They know that all that would be put at risk if there were the prospect of a Labour Government.· And that puts everyone at risk - not just yours truly.· The accused need not realise that he is putting some one at risk: Seymour.· The coal's importers deny they're putting miners jobs at risk.· They tell us that they only do dope occasionally, a factor that potentially puts them at greater risk.
· Not only was she putting herself at risk but also her family, by carrying home all sorts of germs.· Teenagers often consider themselves immortal, and these young people may be putting themselves at great risk.· They are putting lives at risk, and the ones who pay are us, here at the mercy of the government.· I wouldn't hesitate to tell an overweight, unfit man that he was putting his health at risk.· The accused need not realise that he is putting some one at risk: Seymour.· The coal's importers deny they're putting miners jobs at risk.· Misuse through ignorance can result in your getting lost, flying into controlled airspace, and putting other aircraft at risk.
· We can even take charge of your entire logistics function, so you can redeploy assets, gain flexibility, reduce risk.· Pentagon officials say they have already had some success reducing the risk that nuclear materials will fall into the wrong hands.· Zoos have been advised by the Ministry of Agriculture to take steps to reduce the risk of infection.· Sluggish economic growth means interest rates will stay low amid tepid demand for loans and a reduced risk of accelerating inflation.· Indeed, the lower the blood pressure the better, because statistically it reduces the subsequent risks of stroke and heart attacks.· The women featured in the article are reducing their risk of chronic disease by exercising and by eating a balanced diet.· It is additional information that should not be neglected but used in a valid manner in the process of reducing overall risk.· Meanwhile, stretching and toning reduce the risk of injury by warming up the muscles while improving flexibility.
· Knowledge of a risk does not equal consent to run that risk.· Up to now, the conventional wisdom has been that Clinton would run considerable risk by opposing the initiative.· A feeling that I had run a terrible risk and now everything was going to be all right.· Pitch your bid too high and you run the risk of driving your opponent away from the negotiating table.· To adopt too critical or enquiring a position at this stage would be to run the risk of alienation.· If you do, you run the risk of permanent blindness.· If a council crossed an upper threshold implied by them it ran the risk of being capped.· To do so would run the risk of compromising the most vulnerable part of the operation.
· Once the sparring is over, both teams I feel will take risks.· He took uncommon risks, performed unlikely deeds.· You never minded taking a risk, and, of course, that's what it is.· Who would drive us there and how could we possibly pay some one enough to take such a risk?· Without taking this risk, the potential for our prophetic communication role to fall into the abyss of irrelevance is very great.· The authors' advice: Keep your goal and needs in sight, think fast and be prepared to take risks.· Dalton seems willing to take greater risks.· They took a risk, gambled with their reputations.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] the possibility that something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous may happen SYN dangerrisk of- Anyone who swims in this part of the river does it at their own risk.
- Danger - enter at your own risk.
- Journalists were allowed into the area, but only at their own risk.
- Visitors who park their cars in the corner lot do so at their own risk.
- Any such person relies upon the report at his own risk.
- But it's at your own risk.
- Follow their advice at your own risk.
- Parkers need to be clearly warned that they park their vehicles entirely at their own risk.
- Taste them at your own risk.
- The trespasser comes on to the premises at his own risk.
- There are also sanctioned nude beaches and unsanctioned beaches, where you go buff at your own risk.
- You could leave your bicycle at Dingle Station every day for a week for only 6d, at your own risk of course.
- Millions of lives are at risk because of food shortages.
- If your body temperature rises above 106 degrees, you run a great risk of getting heat stroke.
- Men run a greater risk of dying from heart disease than women.
- Rather than running the risks of using harmful pesticides in your garden, try using natural or organic methods of pest control.
- The people who use these drugs are often unaware of the risks they are running.
- As an outsider, Zhou could run a risk.
- A school has to be able to make rules about students' dress, even at the risk of upsetting parents.
- At the risk of being boring, I have to say again how much I enjoyed myself.
- At the risk of sounding like your mother, you'd better dress up warm.
- This is a point which -- at the risk of being boring -- I must emphasize once again.
- Cantor figured he could afford caution, even at the risk of insulting the caller.
- How I loved being normal, even at the risk of becoming a Red Cross water-safety statistic.
- However, at the risk of underestimating such differences, certain current issues can be picked out.
- However, there is no point investing for the long term at the risk of being caned in the short term.
- Proceed with caution and, at the risk of sounding like a tabloid astrologer, look before you leap.
- There were even imitation sheepskins, but worn at the risk of being considered a total nebbish.
- Which, at the risk of uttering sacrilege, may not be such a bad thing.
- First, that it detects the affected or at-risk groups, and second that these can then be referred for suitable treatment.
- Other potential strategies include the provision of vitamin A supplements to at-risk groups.
- Investing in high-tech companies is a calculated risk.
- But it is a calculated risk.
- He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
- Injured Stephen Pears, who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury, was never tested in goal.
- It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
- It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.
- These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
- I like the element of risk.
- If Weaver had been watching as Liz Spalding had been smuggled into the house, then the element of surprise was lost.
- It contains a major element of truth, even if it is not precisely the truth which its originators intended.
- The element of risk gave it an added excitement.
- There is an element of truth in all of these.
- There were elements of truth in this critique, Jim supposed.
- Web browsers, once limited to displaying text and graphics and downloading files, have created an entirely new element of risk.
- What I do is count on the element of surprise.
Skiers always face the risk of serious injury.risk (that) There is a risk that the disease may spread further.risk to There is no risk to public health.2[countable] an action that might have bad results: It was a risk, sending a letter to my house.take a risk (=do something that might have bad results) Isn’t he taking a bit of a risk in coming here?take the risk of doing something I couldn’t take the risk of leaving him alone even for a short time.calculated risk (=a risk you take because you think a good result is quite likely)3[countable] something or someone that is likely to cause harm or dangerrisk to Polluted water supplies are a risk to public health. Meat from the infected animals is regarded as a serious health risk (=something likely to harm people’s health). The tyre dump is a major fire risk (=something that could cause a dangerous fire). She’s becoming a security risk (=someone who may tell important secrets to an enemy).4at risk in a situation where you may be harmed: We must stop these rumours; the firm’s reputation is at risk.risk from Women are more at risk from the harmful effects of alcohol than men.risk of Their children are also at high risk of developing the disease. That would mean putting other children at risk.5run a risk to be in a situation where there is a possibility that something bad could happen to yourun the risk of doing something Anyone travelling without a passport runs the risk of being arrested.6at the risk of doing something used when you think that what you are going to say or do may have a bad result, may offend or annoy people etc: At the risk of sounding stupid, can I ask a question? Will they go ahead with their plans, even at the risk of offending the Americans?7at your own risk if you do something at your own risk, you do it when you understand the possible dangers and have been warned about them: You can use it, but it’s at your own risk. All personal belongings are left at the owner’s risk.8[countable] a person or business judged according to the danger involved in giving them insurance or lending them moneygood/bad/poor risk Drivers under 21 are regarded as poor risks by insurance companies.COLLOCATIONSadjectiveshigh· Professional sport involves a relatively high risk of injury.low· The risks of failure are quite low.considerable (=fairly large)· Starting up your own business involves considerable risks.a big/great/huge risk· There is a great risk that the wound will become infected.an increased/reduced risk· Those who smoke have an increased risk of heart disease.a real risk· There is a real risk that there could be another war.a serious/grave risk (=real and big)· The most serious risk of flooding this evening is on the River Wye.a potential risk· The potential risks associated with this operation should not be ignored.a financial risk· There is relatively little financial risk for the company.a political risk· The political risks for the president are minimal.attendant risks formal (=risks involved in something)· Those who deal with firearms are generally aware of the attendant risks.verbscarry a risk (=might be dangerous)· Most medical operations carry some risk.pose a risk (=might be dangerous)· Climate change poses serious risks to the environment.involve/entail risk· Investments that provide a high return generally entail more risk.reduce/minimize a risk· This diet could reduce your risk of certain cancers.increase a risk· Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.eliminate risk (=remove risk completely)· You can’t eliminate risk in your life completely.avoid a risk· They are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism.face a risk· The dominant male faces the risk that adult males from the group will attack him.risk + NOUNa risk factor (=something that increases a risk)· High cholesterol is one of the risk factors associated with heart disease.risk assessment (=a calculation of how much risk is involved in something)· Engineering risk assessment is based on objective scientific criteria.phrasesthere is a risk· There is always a risk that mistakes will be made.an element/degree of risk (=some risk, but not much)· There is always an element of risk in flying.be worth the risk· Don’t walk home alone at night – it’s not worth the risk.the risks involved/the risks associated with something· The soldiers were well aware of the risks involved.· The public are unwilling to accept the risks associated with nuclear energy.the benefits outweigh the risks (=they are more important than the possible risks)· The benefits to patients who are taking the drug far outweigh the risks.risk1 nounrisk2 verb
riskrisk2 ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
risk
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | risk |
| he, she, it | risks | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | risked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have risked |
| he, she, it | has risked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had risked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will risk |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have risked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am risking |
| he, she, it | is risking | |
| you, we, they | are risking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was risking |
| you, we, they | were risking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been risking |
| he, she, it | has been risking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been risking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be risking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been risking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Companies cannot risk losing customers through computer problems.
- He risked a cautious glance over the wall, and saw a group of guards standing by the gate.
- He had risked his own health to help the sick during the epidemic.
- I decided to risk looking for a place to stay when I got there, rather than booking in advance.
- I don't want to risk offending your parents.
- Many refugees risk death or arrest in their attempts to flee persecution.
- Road conditions were supposed to be pretty bad, but we decided to risk it.
- The Carnegie Hero awards are given to those who risk their lives to save others.
- The university has already cut its budget as much as possible without risking its quality and reputation.
- They had risked death in order to get their families to America.
- For example, committing to clear performance objectives risks both clear success and clear failure.
- He was still too attached to his national status to risk it by appearing partisan.
- It was refreshing to hear publishers and booksellers risking offending each other.
- Once he started wandering aimlessly, a trainee risked disturbing the gods at play.
- One thing you never did was correct Nivea and risk being called a young miss-know-it-all.
- They risk arrest but have the support of some Civil Guards.
- You also see them risking accident and injury in car lanes, weaving in and out of traffic.
Longman Language Activatora possibility that something bad might happen
a possibility that something harmful or unpleasant will happen, especially as a result of something else: · There are a lot of risks involved when you start your own business.risk of: · People continue to smoke, despite knowing the risks of heart disease or cancer.risk of doing something: · Drivers often break the speed limit, and there's little risk of getting caught.risk that: · We can't ignore the risk that fighting could spread throughout the region.reduce/increase the risk of something: · Clean the wound thoroughly to reduce the risk of infection.
the possibility that something dangerous or very unpleasant will happen, for example if a particular situation continues or is not dealt with: · The river has not flooded yet, but that does not mean the danger has passed.· The gas leak was quickly fixed, but workers at the factory say the danger remains real.danger of: · Is there any danger of Mike being arrested?· Wear a hat and drink plenty of fluids to reduce the danger of sunstroke.danger that: · There's a real danger that the region's forests will disappear completely in the next 50 years.
a strong possibility that something very bad will happen, especially something that will affect a lot of people: · Tuberculosis is a common threat when people live in crowded conditions.· The nuclear threat, while not gone completely, is reduced.threat of: · Once again the people of Sudan face the threat of famine.threat to: · The latest outbreak of the disease can be seen as the greatest threat to UK farmers yet.threat that: · There is a threat that the violence will break out again.pose a threat (=be a threat): · It's nonsense to say that the protesters pose any threat to democratic society.
a risk that cannot be avoided, because it is always there in a particular activity or situation: · For international traders, changes in the exchange rate are an unavoidable hazard.hazard of doing something: · a study into the potential hazards of playing computer games for long periods of timehazard of: · Malaria is a common hazard of life in the region.occupational hazard (=a hazard that always exists in a particular job): · Serious lung disease seems to be an occupational hazard of working in mines.
involving risk involving a risk: · It's always risky leaving your car out on the street overnight.· Being self-employed is much more risky than being a wage earner.· Risky investments can offer high yields, but also the possibility of greater losses.risky to do something: · The experiments would be too risky to perform on humans.
risks that are not necessary and that could cause harm or serious problems: · Using humor in a job interview is a dangerous thing - you never know how the interviewer will react.· Women felt that complaining about sexual harrassment was dangerous, as there was always the threat of losing their jobs.it is dangerous to do something: · It is dangerous to assume that share prices will continue to rise.
an action that is foolhardy involves so much risk that someone seems stupid for trying it: · It was foolhardy to take the plane up alone, with so little flying experience.· The country was in such huge debt that any spending proposals looked foolhardy.· I drove to the hospital at a foolhardy speed, arriving just after my wife.
something that is high-risk involves a lot of risk, but if you choose to do it and it is successful, you will have very good results: · It was a high-risk strategy to attack with such a small number of planes, but it was brilliantly successful.· a high-risk investment
something risky that you do because you hope that it will succeed and that you will gain something from it: · A gamble by the quarterback on the final play allowed them to score.· Changing jobs is always a gamble, but the opportunity looks good.a gamble pays off (=it is successful): · Despite the serious doubts of his advisors, the President's gamble paid off.
informal involving a serious risk that things will go wrong: · It's too dicey to base this policy on what might happen in the coming year.· Taking the mountain road is always a bit dicey at this time of year.
involving a serious possibility of failure or loss: · No one would lend money to a company in such a precarious position.· The typical peasant farmer has a precarious existence, at the mercy of flood, disease and famine.· His political position has become extremely precarious.
to do something even though there is a risk to decide to do something, even though you know that something bad or harmful might happen as a result: · I knew we were taking a risk when we lent him the money.· Nobody is successful in business without taking a few risks.· Climbers like the thrill that taking risks gives them.take a calculated risk (=decide to do something after thinking very carefully about the risks): · Most investors study the market and take calculated risks.
also chance it informal to decide to do something even though there is a risk, because you think that you will succeed: · Victor took a chance and set up his own company, which has been very successful.· Isaacs chanced it with a long three-point shot at goal in the last minute of the game.take a chance on (=hope that something happens): · He persuaded the record company to take a chance on the band, and it became a huge hit.take chances (=always be ready to take a chance, especially in your work): · There are a lot of people in the movie industry who are afraid to take chances and do new things.
to do something that you know might have a harmful or negative result: · He risked a cautious glance over the wall, and saw a group of guards standing by the gate.risk doing something: · I decided to risk looking for a place to stay when I got there, rather than booking in advance.risk it: · Road conditions were supposed to be pretty bad, but we decided to risk it.
informal to do something or give your opinion about something, even though you know there is a risk that you are wrong or will be criticized: · The evidence is good, but I won't stick my neck out until all the data is in.· Look, I'll stick my neck out and say it'll be finished by tomorrow evening.
to finally decide to do something important but which involves some risk, after thinking about it very carefully: · Forsyth took the plunge into politics in 1996.· "Are you two getting married?" "Yes. We've decided to take the plunge."
if you do something at your own risk , it will be your own fault if something bad happens - used especially on official signs and notices to warn people: · Visitors who park their cars in the corner lot do so at their own risk.· Journalists were allowed into the area, but only at their own risk.
spoken say this when what you are going to say or do might make someone angry, upset etc: · A school has to be able to make rules about students' dress, even at the risk of upsetting parents.· At the risk of sounding like your mother, you'd better dress up warm.· This is a point which -- at the risk of being boring -- I must emphasize once again.
when people deliberately take risks in order to achieve something - use this especially about actions in business or dangerous sports: · The culture in Silicon Valley values risk-taking and entrepreneurship.· Risk-taking has long been a feature of the theatre company's productions, which have tackled many difficult issues.
to do something that involves unnecessary risks to stupidly do something that is almost certain to be dangerous or cause trouble: · Anyone who buys second-hand car tires is just asking for trouble.· You need to have a good knowledge of the industry before you buy stocks, or you're asking for trouble.
especially written if you invite trouble, criticism, attack etc, you do something that seems likely to cause you trouble or that encourages people to criticize you, attack you etc: · If you don't maintain your car regularly, you're just inviting trouble.· Not to provide aid will just invite further catastrophe in the area.
informal to do something that involves a risk of failure, because you have been successful when you have done it before: · I think I'd be pushing my luck if I asked him to babysit again on such short notice.· Twelve months later, the captain of Sea Rover pushed his luck once too often.
to do something that involves unnecessary risk, because you are too confident that there will be no problems: · It would be tempting fate to travel without a spare wheel.· By building houses in the steep canyons, Californians are tempting fate in the form of mudslides and fires.
to stupidly take a risk, especially by doing something or getting involved in a situation that is likely to have a very unpleasant result: · The government was warned it was playing with fire by arresting so-called "separatist" leaders.· Anyone who gets involved with a married man is playing with fire.
to risk losing something to risk losing something, especially in order to gain something else: · Companies cannot risk losing customers through computer problems.· The university has already cut its budget as much as possible without risking its quality and reputation.risk something on something: · You'd have to be crazy to risk your money on an investment like that.
to do something even though there is a risk of failure or loss, because you will gain a lot if it is successful: · They seem to be gambling the whole future of the compamy in return for a quick short-term profit.· If we gamble and succeed, no one will mind. But if we gamble and fail, we'll probably lose our jobs.· In 1972, NBC took a gamble and created a show featuring Redd Foxx, a black comic whose stage routines were somewhat off-color.gamble/take a gamble that: · During the drought, water companies used water from the emergency reservoirs, gambling that normal rainfall would soon fill them up again.gamble/take a gamble on: · The team took a gamble on Whitney, who is fast and an accurate player, but only five-foot-nine.
if you put your job, career, reputation etc on the line, you risk losing your job, reputation etc if something is not successful or if you make the wrong decision: · Whatever type of company you have, you put your reputation on the line when you handle complaint calls.· Many workers feel they may be putting their jobs on the line if they protest about safety abuses.
to risk losing something important if the result of a plan or action is not successful: · Lincoln staked his political career on opposition to slavery.· She had staked her academic reputation on the accuracy of her research.
to buy a large amount of shares, land, or foreign money because you hope to make a big profit when you sell it, even though you risk losing your money: · Her father made his money speculating on the New York Stock Exchange.speculate in shares/land etc: · Terry speculated heavily in mining shares and lost a lot of money.
when you are in a situation where there are risks to get into a situation where something very unpleasant might happen to you as a result of something you do: · Many refugees risk death or arrest in their attempts to flee persecution.risk doing something: · I don't want to risk offending your parents.risk your life: · The Carnegie Hero awards are given to those who risk their lives to save others.
to be in a situation where something bad might happen to you, especially because of something you do: · The people who use these drugs are often unaware of the risks they are running.run a risk of doing something: · Men run a greater risk of dying from heart disease than women.· Rather than running the risks of using harmful pesticides in your garden, try using natural or organic methods of pest control.
to be in a situation in which you risk being harmed or losing something very important or valuable: · The children were removed from the family because their father was violent and they were believed to be at risk.be at risk ofalso + for American: · Those with fair skin are more at risk of skin cancers than those with dark skin.· Some firms provide health checks for employees who are at risk of back injury.
to be in a situation in which something harmful might happen, often caused by your own actions: · The test helps identify pregnant women who are in danger of miscarriage.be in danger of doing something: · The Democrats are in danger of alienating their traditional supporters.· If the team doesn't start winning, Coach Sanders could be in danger of losing his job.
likely to be in particular danger of something bad happening, or likely to involve greater risks than usual: · high-risk occupations such as construction work· The AIDS awareness campaign was targeted mainly at high-risk groups, especially drug users and prostitutes.
also leave yourself open to American to do or say something that makes it likely that people will blame you, criticize you etc: · He has left himself open to charges of racism.· Any journalist who writes a story without checking his facts is simply laying himself open to criticism.
to talk about a particular subject when there is a risk that you may offend, annoy, or or upset someone: · A boss who puts his arm around an employee is on dangerous ground and could risk charges of harassment.· I realized I was in dangerous territory, and steered the conversation away from his business interests.
in a situation where there are risks if something is at risk, it could be harmed, destroyed or lost: · Unless funding becomes available, the entire project is at risk.be at risk of: · Wildlife along the coastline is at risk of serious pollution from the tankers.be at risk from: · The future of the party is clearly at risk from internal divisions.
if something is in danger , especially something very important, there is a serious risk that it will be harmed, destroyed, or lost: · With the rise of the fascist right, democracy itself was in danger.be in danger of doing something: · The whole building is in danger of collapsing.· The achievements of the 1917 Revolution are now in danger of being forgotten.
if something, especially a plan, an agreement, or a relationship is in jeopardy, there is a serious risk that it will fail, be lost, or be harmed: · Negotiations have broken down, and the peace agreement is now in jeopardy.· Lessing's career in football was in jeopardy after his back surgery in July.
if something important or valuable is at stake , there is a risk that it will be lost if something that you are doing is unsuccessful: · With a place in the final at stake, there was everything to play for.· The peace process will not end; there is too much at stake.
if something important and valuable is under threat , there is a risk that it will be lost or destroyed unless someone takes action to stop the situation that causes it: · With so many new offices being built in London, a lot of important archaeological remains are under threat.be under threat from: · Sensitive environmental areas are under threat from urban developers.be under threat of: · Demand for coal fell, and many of the mines were under threat of closure.
if something such as your job or people's opinion of you is on the line , there is a risk that you will lose it if you do not succeed in something that you are trying to do: · A company's reputation is on the line in the way it handles complaints.· Your job's on the line in this case - you'd better make sure you're right.
to cause risks to do something that makes it more likely that someone or something will be harmed: · The pilot has been accused of putting his passengers' lives at risk.· Development in the wetlands will put the environment and wildlife habitats at risk.put sb/sth at risk of: · Some people carry a gene that puts them at greater risk of certain cancers.
to make it likely that something bad will happen to someone or something: · A severe drought is threatening the rice crop.· According to some scientists, global warming threatens the survival of the whole human race.
to put someone or something in a dangerous or harmful situation: · The U.S. was unwilling to do anything that might endanger the alliance with Japan.· The pilot refused to endanger the lives of his passengers by making an unscheduled landing.· If unemployment continues to rise, social stability may be endangered.
also put/place something in jeopardy to do something that increases the risk that something good will be harmed or lost: · A scandal like this might jeopardize his political career.· The breaking of the ceasefire has put the whole peace process in jeopardy.seriously jeopardize: · The country's economic future is seriously jeopardized by the mass emigration of young people.
to do something that may hurt or kill you to do something very dangerous, especially in order to help someone, when you know that you may get killed because of your action: · Every day firefighters risk their lives in the course of their duty.risk your life to do something: · She risked her life to save the drowning child.
if you do something at your own risk , you must accept that it is dangerous and that it is your own fault if you are injured or killed: · Anyone who swims in this part of the river does it at their own risk.
informal to do something very dangerous in order to help someone - use this especially when you think the action is unnecessary: · Don't do it. It's not worth risking your neck.risk your neck to do something: · "Come back!" Ned shouted. "You can't risk your neck to save a dog!"
to do something that could have a very dangerous or harmful result: · Failure to stick to the safety rules is simply playing with fire.· These men are criminals. If you get involved with them, you'll be playing with fire.
informal to put yourself in a situation in which you may get killed, especially when it is a situation which you cannot control: · The teenager took his life in his hands in trying to avoid being caught by police.· You'll be taking your life in your hands if you let Eric drive you home!
to deliberately do something that is so dangerous that you may easily get killed, especially when you do it for excitement: · When young people experiment with drugs, they're dicing with death.
formal if you warn someone that they do something at their peril , you mean that it would be very dangerous for them to do it: · Any climber who neglects these simple precautions does so at their peril.· Ignore this warning at your peril.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He risked his life helping others to escape. I’m not going to risk my neck (=risk my life) just to save a common criminal. Why risk life and limb (=risk your life and health) jumping out of a plane just to raise money for charity? He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat. Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe. Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory. You could slip out of school between classes, but I wouldn’t risk it.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Some banks are risk averse (=do not like taking a risk). The police took a calculated risk in releasing him. The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.
He risked his life helping others to escape. I’m not going to risk my neck (=risk my life) just to save a common criminal. Why risk life and limb (=risk your life and health) jumping out of a plane just to raise money for charity? He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat. Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe. Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory. You could slip out of school between classes, but I wouldn’t risk it. (=an official list of people in this situation)
Some banks are risk averse (=do not like taking a risk). The police took a calculated risk in releasing him. (=a risk that a bank etc may not get back the money it lends)· Banks first have to assess whether a borrower is a credit risk.
The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. (=something that makes you more likely to have an illness)· The highest risk factor for coronary heart disease was found to be smoking.
· The risk of failure for a new product is very high.· The possibility of failure was sufficiently high for the auditors to warn investors.
(=something that could damage your health)· The report looked at the health risks linked to eating excess sugar.
cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.· He risked his life to help Jews during the Second World War.
· The chemical leak poses a threat to human health.
· Tired drivers are a potential danger to other road users.
· His presence in the area posed a significant security risk.
· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
· Neither team is likely to take any unnecessary risks, so the result will probably be a draw.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· When there was no answer she risked a glance.· But as she walked off I risked a glance at Alan.· She risked a glance back over her shoulder.· Karen risked a glance over the balcony wall.· The next time Anna had to scramble after the ball, she risked a glance at mummy.· Belinda risked a cautious glance at him, but met only an unreadable profile.· Masklin risked a glance at Grandson Richard's face.· Isabel flattened herself, only risking a glance over her shoulder when she felt Guy's weight lift off her.
· People could not be expected to risk their jobs for a colleague.· Young clerks in the law office that he cleaned risked their jobs by teaching the attractive child to read and write.· But don't blame yourself - you couldn't have been expected to warn me and risk your own job.
· They risk their lives to do so.· With the one the bird is risking its life, with the other only a meal.· There are movements afoot at every hour of every day, there are men and women risking their lives.· They risked their lives and signed petitions even in the most repressive states.· Every time a lifeboatman puts to sea, he risks his life.· Don McCullin says that when he was young he thought it exciting and glamorous to risk his life.· Wilson risked his life that night and came in through the back.
· Villeneuve, who had collided with Ralf Schumacher, gets paid £10MILLION for risking life and limb in Formula One.
· We know we've got a superb quality product that's why we're happy to risk our money to prove it.· A wealthy partner risks money on the prudence of less affluent partners.· An audience increasingly unwilling to risk its money on new and unknown foreign film-makers also takes its toll.
· It is years since I risked my neck.· On another occasion Moore, notoriously edgy about risking his neck, had to film with crocodiles in the Everglades.· With prize money declining, he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150.
· The local shop girls never risked her wrath.· He decided to risk the wrath of the hospital authorities.· Mrs Gore even risked the wrath of the record industry by campaigning to have warning labels put on particularly offensive records.· I will not risk Penumbra's wrath.
VERB· He decided to risk the wrath of the hospital authorities.· She decided to risk going out; she would soon be too weak to move.· The advisers decided they couldn't risk it.· The Owens must now decide whether to risk further expense by appealing.
· Nobody wanted to risk losing that interview.· Perhaps I did not want to risk losing this special relationship we shared.· Maurice probably didn't want to risk her objecting to the surrender of Tristram's letters.· Lewis said deputies did not want to risk injuring the protesters by using grinders to cut through their metal sleeves.· Was that because Theo didn't want to risk his precious name in the Paris art world?· No one wanted to risk being shot in a fast-draw duel.· I suppose they didn't want to risk him bringing it up first.· Both sides had what they wanted, and neither wanted to risk large casualties to seize what the other had.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to put something in a situation in which it could be lost, destroyed, or harmed: - First, that it detects the affected or at-risk groups, and second that these can then be referred for suitable treatment.
- Other potential strategies include the provision of vitamin A supplements to at-risk groups.
- Investing in high-tech companies is a calculated risk.
- But it is a calculated risk.
- He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
- Injured Stephen Pears, who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury, was never tested in goal.
- It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
- It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.
- These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
- I like the element of risk.
- If Weaver had been watching as Liz Spalding had been smuggled into the house, then the element of surprise was lost.
- It contains a major element of truth, even if it is not precisely the truth which its originators intended.
- The element of risk gave it an added excitement.
- There is an element of truth in all of these.
- There were elements of truth in this critique, Jim supposed.
- Web browsers, once limited to displaying text and graphics and downloading files, have created an entirely new element of risk.
- What I do is count on the element of surprise.
When children start smoking, they don’t realize that they’re risking their health.risk something to do something He’s prepared to risk everything to avoid this war.risk something on something You’d be crazy to risk your money on an investment like that! He risked his life helping others to escape. I’m not going to risk my neck (=risk my life) just to save a common criminal. Why risk life and limb (=risk your life and health) jumping out of a plane just to raise money for charity?2to get into a situation where something unpleasant may happen to yourisk doing something They may even risk losing their homes.risk defeat/death etc He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat. Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe.risk being seen/caught/arrested etc Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.3to do something that you know may have dangerous or unpleasant resultsrisk doing something Are you prepared to risk traveling without an armed guard? She risked a glance back over her shoulder. You could slip out of school between classes, but I wouldn’t risk it.GRAMMARRisk is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: · They risk being shot if they are caught. ✗Don’t say: They risk to be shot.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS