RISK


Meaning of RISK in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , considerable , enormous , grave , great , high , huge , major , serious , significant , substantial , terrible , tremendous

high-risk patients

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

Standards of hygiene have fallen, with all the attendant ~s of disease.

There are considerable ~s inherent in the policy.

▪ long-term , short-term

▪ lifetime

▪ overall

▪ personal

They do their patriotic duty at great personal ~.

▪ political

They run great political ~s by opposing him.

▪ relative

▪ perceived

The perceived ~ is far greater than reality.

▪ unacceptable , unnecessary , unreasonable

▪ acceptable , moderate

its judgment of what constitutes an acceptable ~

▪ calculated

I take calculated ~s but never gamble.

▪ commercial , credit , environmental , financial , fire , health , insurance , safety , security

Those old boxes in the corridor are a fire ~.

He's a good insurance ~.

▪ cancer , cardiovascular , disease , heart-disease , HIV , mortality , stroke

▪ suicide

He is not a current suicide ~.

▪ flight ( esp. AmE )

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

If you don't study, you run the ~ of failing.

I'm not prepared to take risks—I want the equipment thoroughly checked.

▪ carry , create , entail , incur , involve , pose , present

Pollutants in the river pose a real ~ to the fish.

▪ heighten , increase , raise

▪ double

Smoking doubles the ~ of having a stroke.

▪ cut , decrease , diminish , lessen , limit , lower , minimize , mitigate , reduce

Companies can mitigate the ~s of losing valuable data.

▪ avoid , eliminate

▪ assess , calculate , determine , evaluate , measure , weigh , weigh up ( BrE )

The directors will have to assess our credit ~.

You have to weigh ~s and benefits.

▪ know , understand

I think you know the ~s of your choices.

▪ identify

They try to identify every possible ~.

▪ indicate

▪ estimate , predict

▪ manage

Farmers invest in irrigation to manage ~ in drought years.

▪ address

solutions to address security ~s more effectively

▪ accept , assume , bear

The lawyers are assuming all the financial ~.

▪ spread

These funds spread the ~ among different countries.

▪ outweigh

The benefits outweigh the ~s.

▪ justify

The rewards may well justify the ~s.

▪ be considered

He is no longer considered a security ~ in the State of California.

RISK + VERB

▪ outweigh sth

RISK + NOUN

▪ group

Miners are a high ~ group for certain types of gastric cancer.

▪ factor

Cigarette smoking is a ~ factor for this disease.

▪ assessment

▪ analysis

▪ level

investors' assessments of overall ~ levels

▪ category

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

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

a big jump in the ~ premium on corporate bonds

PREPOSITION

▪ at ~

to put someone's life at ~

▪ at ~ from , at ~ of

Journalists in the zone are at serious ~ of being kidnapped.

▪ at ~ for ( esp. AmE )

Children are at greater ~ for these diseases.

▪ at the ~ of

At the ~ of sounding rude, don't you think you'd better change for the party?

▪ at ~ to

He saved the child at considerable ~ to himself.

▪ ~ by

He knew he was taking a big ~ by going skiing.

▪ ~ for ( esp. AmE )

a reduced ~ for heart disease

▪ ~ from

a ~ from contaminated water

▪ ~ in

I was taking a big ~ in lending her the money.

▪ ~ of

a higher ~ of stomach cancer

▪ ~ to

a ~ to health

PHRASES

▪ at your own ~

The building is unsafe—enter at your own ~.

▪ an increase in ~ , a reduction in ~

▪ ~s and benefits , ~s and rewards

the ~s and benefits of a drug

II.

verb

VERB + RISK

▪ cannot , dare not , not want to , would not

I simply can't ~ being seen there.

I didn't want to ~ being late.

▪ be prepared to , be willing to

He was prepared to ~ everything in order to achieve his ambition.

▪ choose to , decide to

▪ refuse to

I refuse to ~ being hurt.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

I am not ~ing my neck for anyone!

▪ on

I wouldn't ~ my money on this investment.

PHRASES

▪ ~ it

I knew I would be in trouble if I was found out, but I decided to ~ it anyway.

▪ ~ life and limb

the brave tourist who ~s life and limb for adventure

▪ ~ losing sth

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .