Definizione monolingua

risk

risk (third-person singular simple present risks, present participle risking, simple past and past participle risked)

1. (transitive) To incur risk [to something].
   • 2006, BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [4] on 14 May 2006

     England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.

2. (transitive) To incur risk [of something].
   • 2006, Transportation Alternatives website, Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [5] on 14 May 2006

     These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risking serious injury.

3. (transitive) To incur risk [by something].
   • 1999, BBC News website, Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [6] on 14 May 2006

     After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.

risk (plural risks)

1. A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
   • 2006: BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [1] on 14 May 2006

     There was also a ""degree of complacency"" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.

2. The likelihood of a negative outcome.
   • 2006: Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise cuts skin cancer risk read at [2] on 14 May 2006

     Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.

3. (Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur.
   • 2002: Decisioneering Inc website, What is risk? read at [3] on 14 May 2006

     If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that risk.

Definizione dizionario risk

	rischio
	possible, usually negative, outcome
	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. (Source: GUNN / RRDA)
	A type of work item, recording a possible event with an undesirable outcome. Risks must be identified, assigned, and if the impact is probably and really undesirable, mitigated.

arrischiare

	rischiare
	to incur risk to something

alea

azzardare

azzardo

mettere a repentaglio

osare

pericolo

repentaglio

risicare

risiko!

risk

sbaraglio

Altri significati:

(transitive) To incur risk [to something].

(transitive) To incur risk [of something].

to incur risk by something

potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event

A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.

hit or miss

likelihood of a negative outcome

(Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur.

to incur risk of something

The likelihood of a negative outcome.

(transitive) To incur risk [by something].