0 the possibility of something bad happening:
There's a high risk of another accident happening in this fog.
[ + (that) ] The risk (that) we might fail made us work twice as hard.
[ + -ing verb ] It's always a risk starting up a new business.
We want clean rivers and lakes, where you can swim without risk to your health.
It's a low/high-risk strategy (= one that is safe/not safe).
His employers thought he was a security risk (= he might tell their secrets to a competitor).
All houses within 100 metres of the seas are at risk of flooding.
Drivers are reminded that they leave their cars here at their own risk.
1 to do something although there is a chance of a bad result:
2 danger, or the possibility of danger, defeat, or loss:
[ C ] I was afraid to take the risk of quitting my job before I had another one lined up.
[ U ] We want clean rivers and lakes, where you can swim without risk to your health.
[ U ] It was a high/low risk situation (= a situation with a lot of/very little danger).
[ C ] Teenage drivers are considered higher risks.
A child who hasn’t been vaccinated is at risk.
3 to do something or to enter a situation where there is a possibility of being hurt or of a loss or defeat:
4 the possibility that something bad or dangerous will happen:
6 the possibility that an investment will lose money:
7 the possibility that something will be harmed, damaged, or lost:
8 a person or business that may or may not be safe to insure or lend money to:
a bad/good risk In terms of insurance eligibility, the couple constituted a bad risk.
9 in danger:
10 if you do something at your own risk, you do it although you know you might get harmed or lose something:
11 to be responsible for or accept the risk involved in something:
12 to put someone or something in a situation where they could be in danger:
Why put capital at significant risk for a return which is no higher than the return on government bonds?
14 to reduce the chance of losing money by making several different types of investments:
16 to put something in a situation where it could be lost or damaged:
Carol can get a better return on her investments without risking her capital.
The region was going through a huge economic downturn and it didn't want to risk its trade ties with the US
risk sth on sth Bonds are attractive to conservative investors who don't want to risk everything on the stock market.
17 to get into a situation or do something that might have a bad result:
The United States is becoming dangerously dependent on foreign investors to the point that it is risking a financial crisis.
risk doing sth If you're not exploiting the opportunities of e-commerce, you could risk going bankrupt.
It was an awful risk to take.
There are too many risks attendant on such a large investment of money.
Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.
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