At first hazard was a game of chance played with dice. The English word comes from medieval French, in which the game was called hasard. ... Now “chance” or “venture” and “risk” or “peril” are the usual meanings of hazard. The verb hazard emerged in the 16th century.

What does the word hazard mean?

A hazard is a source or a situation with the potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill-health, damage to property, damage to the environment, or a combination of these. ... An unwanted event is a situation or condition where there is a loss of control of the hazard that leads to harm.

What is a sentence using the word hazard?

2. Polluted water sources are a hazard to wildlife. 3. He put his life in hazard to save me.