hazard

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  2. noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  3. noun an obstacle on a golf course

Etymology

From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.

In classic literature

Synonyms

jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment

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