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risk `noun` [ rɪsk ]

• a situation involving exposure to danger.

• "flouting the law was too much of a risk"

Similar: possibility, chance, probability, likelihood, danger, peril, threat, menace, fear, prospect,

Opposite: impossibility,

risk `verb`

• expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss.

• "he risked his life to save his dog"

Similar: endanger, put at risk, put in danger, expose to danger, put on the line, take a chance with, imperil, jeopardize, put in jeopardy, hazard, gamble (with), bet, wager, chance, venture,

Origin: mid 17th century: from French risque (noun), risquer (verb), from Italian risco ‘danger’ and rischiare ‘run into danger’.

at risk

• exposed to harm or danger.
"23 million people in Africa are at risk from starvation"

at one's own risk

• used to indicate that if harm befalls a person or their possessions through their actions, it is their own responsibility.
"they undertook the adventure at their own risk"

at the risk of doing something

• although there is the possibility of something unpleasant resulting.
"at the risk of boring people to tears, I repeat the most important rule in painting"

at risk to

• with the possibility of endangering.
"he visited prisons at considerable risk to his health"

risk one's neck

• put one's life in danger.
"I am not risking my neck for anyone"

run the risk

• expose oneself to the possibility of something unpleasant occurring.
"she preferred not to run the risk of encountering his sister"

take risks

• proceed in the knowledge that there is a chance of something unpleasant occurring.

risk noun [ rɪsk ]

risk verb