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risk
What does risk mean?
risk (verb): expose to a chance of loss or damage.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use risk in a sentence?
- We risked losing a lot of money in this venture. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Why risk your life? (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce risk?
/ɹɪsk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does risk come from?
From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio) and rischiare (“to run into danger”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “risk”?
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What does “risk” mean?
to continue to live; to remain alive
Not quite: that's what survive means.
expose to a chance of loss or damage
Right! That's what “risk” means.
put an end to a state or an activity
Not quite: that's what quit means.
to agree; to be equal; to correspond
Not quite: that's what match means.
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