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hazard hazardshazardinghazarded

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nounA hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation .A new report suggests that chewing-gum may be a health hazard.Oil leaking from a barge in the Mississippi River poses a hazard to the drinking water of New Orleans.verbIf you hazard someone or something, you put them into a situation which might be dangerous for them.He could not believe that, had the Englishman known how much he was at risk, he would have hazarded his grandson.If you hazard or if you hazard a guess, you make a suggestion about something which is only a guess and which you know might be wrong .I would hazard a guess that they'll do fairly well in the next election.'Fifteen or sixteen?' Mrs Dearden hazarded. C1

word	hazard
definition	noun A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation . A new report suggests that chewing-gum may be a health hazard. Oil leaking from a barge in the Mississippi River poses a hazard to the drinking water of New Orleans. verb If you hazard someone or something, you put them into a situation which might be dangerous for them. He could not believe that, had the Englishman known how much he was at risk, he would have hazarded his grandson. If you hazard or if you hazard a guess, you make a suggestion about something which is only a guess and which you know might be wrong . I would hazard a guess that they'll do fairly well in the next election. 'Fifteen or sixteen?' Mrs Dearden hazarded.
inflections	hazardshazardinghazarded
cefr-level	C1

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