I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , enormous , grave , great , high , huge , major , serious , significant , substantial , terrible , tremendous
▪
high-risk patients
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a major ~ to livestock
▪ good
▪ bad , poor
▪ low , minimal , slight , small
▪ added , additional , elevated , extra , heightened , increased , increasing
▪ decreased , reduced
▪ genuine , real
▪ attendant , inherent , possible , potential
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Standards of hygiene have fallen, with all the attendant ~s of disease.
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There are considerable ~s inherent in the policy.
▪ long-term , short-term
▪ lifetime
▪ overall
▪ personal
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They do their patriotic duty at great personal ~.
▪ political
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They run great political ~s by opposing him.
▪ relative
▪ perceived
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The perceived ~ is far greater than reality.
▪ unacceptable , unnecessary , unreasonable
▪ acceptable , moderate
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its judgment of what constitutes an acceptable ~
▪ calculated
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I take calculated ~s but never gamble.
▪ commercial , credit , environmental , financial , fire , health , insurance , safety , security
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Those old boxes in the corridor are a fire ~.
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He's a good insurance ~.
▪ cancer , cardiovascular , disease , heart-disease , HIV , mortality , stroke
▪ suicide
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He is not a current suicide ~.
▪ flight ( esp. AmE )
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His lawyer argued that he was not a flight ~ ( = that he would not try to run away, leave the country, etc. ).
… OF RISK
▪ degree , level
▪ element
▪
The operation carries an element of ~.
VERB + RISK
▪ face , run , take
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If you don't study, you run the ~ of failing.
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I'm not prepared to take risks—I want the equipment thoroughly checked.
▪ carry , create , entail , incur , involve , pose , present
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Pollutants in the river pose a real ~ to the fish.
▪ heighten , increase , raise
▪ double
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Smoking doubles the ~ of having a stroke.
▪ cut , decrease , diminish , lessen , limit , lower , minimize , mitigate , reduce
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Companies can mitigate the ~s of losing valuable data.
▪ avoid , eliminate
▪ assess , calculate , determine , evaluate , measure , weigh , weigh up ( BrE )
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The directors will have to assess our credit ~.
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You have to weigh ~s and benefits.
▪ know , understand
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I think you know the ~s of your choices.
▪ identify
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They try to identify every possible ~.
▪ indicate
▪ estimate , predict
▪ manage
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Farmers invest in irrigation to manage ~ in drought years.
▪ address
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solutions to address security ~s more effectively
▪ accept , assume , bear
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The lawyers are assuming all the financial ~.
▪ spread
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These funds spread the ~ among different countries.
▪ outweigh
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The benefits outweigh the ~s.
▪ justify
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The rewards may well justify the ~s.
▪ be considered
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He is no longer considered a security ~ in the State of California.
RISK + VERB
▪ outweigh sth
RISK + NOUN
▪ group
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Miners are a high ~ group for certain types of gastric cancer.
▪ factor
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Cigarette smoking is a ~ factor for this disease.
▪ assessment
▪ analysis
▪ level
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investors' assessments of overall ~ levels
▪ category
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Young male drivers are a higher ~ category compared to mature ladies and even women of the same age.
▪ mitigation ( esp. AmE ), reduction
▪ management
▪ manager
▪ aversion , avoidance
▪
the strategies of ~ avoidance that people practice in their everyday lives
▪ tolerance
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Consider your own ~ tolerance. How many chances are you willing to take?
▪ behaviour/behavior ( esp. AmE )
▪
efforts to persuade the public to reduce ~ behavior
▪ premium
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a big jump in the ~ premium on corporate bonds
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
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to put someone's life at ~
▪ at ~ from , at ~ of
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Journalists in the zone are at serious ~ of being kidnapped.
▪ at ~ for ( esp. AmE )
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Children are at greater ~ for these diseases.
▪ at the ~ of
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At the ~ of sounding rude, don't you think you'd better change for the party?
▪ at ~ to
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He saved the child at considerable ~ to himself.
▪ ~ by
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He knew he was taking a big ~ by going skiing.
▪ ~ for ( esp. AmE )
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a reduced ~ for heart disease
▪ ~ from
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a ~ from contaminated water
▪ ~ in
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I was taking a big ~ in lending her the money.
▪ ~ of
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a higher ~ of stomach cancer
▪ ~ to
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a ~ to health
PHRASES
▪ at your own ~
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The building is unsafe—enter at your own ~.
▪ an increase in ~ , a reduction in ~
▪ ~s and benefits , ~s and rewards
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the ~s and benefits of a drug
II.
verb
VERB + RISK
▪ cannot , dare not , not want to , would not
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I simply can't ~ being seen there.
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I didn't want to ~ being late.
▪ be prepared to , be willing to
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He was prepared to ~ everything in order to achieve his ambition.
▪ choose to , decide to
▪ refuse to
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I refuse to ~ being hurt.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
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I am not ~ing my neck for anyone!
▪ on
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I wouldn't ~ my money on this investment.
PHRASES
▪ ~ it
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I knew I would be in trouble if I was found out, but I decided to ~ it anyway.
▪ ~ life and limb
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the brave tourist who ~s life and limb for adventure
▪ ~ losing sth
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families who ~ losing their homes
Risk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ backlash , ↑ career , ↑ chance , ↑ confrontation , ↑ death , ↑ dismissal , ↑ embarrassment , ↑ fine , ↑ friendship , ↑ health , ↑ injury , ↑ life , ↑ neck , ↑ penalty , ↑ possibility , ↑ prosecution , ↑ rejection , ↑ reputation , ↑ ridicule , ↑ safety , ↑ wrath