Definition of risk Risk
/ɹɪˈsk/ - [risk] - risk
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NounPlural: risks |
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| risk - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" | ||
| peril, danger | ||
| venture any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome | ||
| chance a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive" | ||
| crapshoot a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot" | ||
| risk - the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent | ||
| risk of exposure | ||
| risk - the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred | ||
| risk of infection | ||
| risk - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" | ||
| hazard, jeopardy, peril, endangerment | ||
| danger a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger" | ||
| health hazard hazard to the health of those exposed to it | ||
| moral hazard (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); "insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest" | ||
| occupational hazard any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury | ||
Verb |
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| risk - expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" | ||
| put on the line, lay on the line | ||
| assay, attempt, essay, seek, try analyze (chemical substances) | ||
| adventure, jeopardize, hazard, venture, stake proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" | ||
| bell the cat take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?" | ||
| risk - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" | ||
| gamble, chance, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance | ||
| assay, attempt, essay, seek, try analyze (chemical substances) | ||
| go for broke risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race" | ||
| luck it, luck through act by relying on one's luck | ||
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Wiktionary 
- risk (Noun)
A possible, usually negative, outcome, e. g. , a danger. - risk (Noun)
The likelihood of a negative outcome. - risk (Noun)
The potential conventionally negative impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur. - risk (Verb)
To incur risk to something. - risk (Verb)
To incur risk of something. - risk (Verb)
To incur risk by something.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- risk (n.)
Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. - risk (n.)
Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. - risk (n.)
To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication. - risk (n.)
To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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The expected number of lives lost, persons injured, damage to property and disruption of economic activity due to a particular natural phenomenon, and consequently the product of the probability of occurrence and the expected magnitude of damage.\n(Source: GUNN / RRDA) -
risk
A qualitative assessment describing the likelihood of an attacker/threat using an exploit to successfully bypass a defender, attack a vulnerability, and compromise a system. (Schneider)
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Risk is the possibility of something bad happening. People use the word "risk" when they are actually talking about "probability"; it means, they want to say how likely something is to happen.
People often take risks. This means that they do something that is risky, i.e. that might be dangerous. There is a possibility that something bad might happen.
In epidemiology, risk is defined as the number of events divided by the number of people prone to that event. For example, if the risk of neonatal death in a population is reported as 1/1000, it means that from each 1000 babies born, 1 is likely to die.
Risk is different from prevalence. Prevalence refers to the number of people with a disease in a population, while risk means the number of "new" cases, divided by the number of people who could possibly become a case (for example, those who had a chance to be exposed to the disease).
A risk assessment is a list of things that could go wrong. In many Western countries, when teachers take children on an outing they may have to fill in a risk assessment form which lists all the possible dangers and says what they should do to stop bad things from happening (e.g. accidents or children getting lost). -
game
Risk is a board game which is played with two to six players each with different coloured army men.
Aim.
The main aim of the game is to conquer or dominate the whole world. Whoever does this first wins the game.
Beginning.
At the start of the game a player shuffles and deals out all of the cards. Each cards has either a country or a territory on it. When each player receives their cards, they put a soldier on their countries or territories. After they do this, they get a number of soldiers, cavalries and cannons to spread around according to which continent they want to conquer first. Then they hand their cards back and they put them all face-down on top of each other. Then the game starts.
Attacking/Defending.
Roll the red dice to attack and the white dice to defend. At the end of each turn, pick a card. With this card look at the country or territory and the soldier, cavalry or cannon. If someone conquers the country or territory on the card it belongs to him. For every country a player owned, they get two extra soldiers.
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