Noun

(en noun)

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

* Macaulay

the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves

* 2006 , BBC News'' website, ''Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm] 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 .

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}

The likelihood of a negative outcome.

* 2006', Trever Ramsey on ''BBC News'' website, ''Exercise 'cuts skin cancer '''risk' read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm] on 14 May 2006

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

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Stephen Ledoux, volume=100, issue=1, page=60

, magazine= , title= Behaviorism at 100 , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}

The potential (conventionally negative) should it occur.

* 2002', Decisioneering Inc website, ''What is '''risk ? read at [http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html] 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 .

Noun

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

''Arming to answer in a night alarm . --Shakespeare.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

''Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.

A sudden attack; disturbance.

* Shakespeare

these home alarms

* Alexander Pope

thy palace fill with insults and alarms

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

''Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --.

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

''The clockradio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside

An instance of an alarum ringing or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

''You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock.