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Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
Erma Bombeck

Meaning of "high-risk" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-RISK

high-risk play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-RISK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Risk is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-RISK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-risk in the English dictionary

The definition of high-risk in the dictionary is denoting a group, part, etc, that is particularly subject or exposed to a danger.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-RISK

high-pitched
high-powered
high-pressure
high-priced
high-principled
high-profile
high-protein
high-ranking
high-resolution
high-rise
high-rolling
high-scoring
high-sided vehicle
high-sounding
high-speed
high-speed downlink packet access
high-speed steel
high-spending
high-spirited
high-spiritedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-RISK

asterisk
at risk
brisk
counterparty risk
country risk
credit risk
de-risk
downside risk
fire risk
frisk
health risk
multirisk
no risk
regulatory risk
risk
satyrisk
security risk
take a risk
tamarisk

Synonyms and antonyms of high-risk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-risk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-RISK

Find out the translation of high-risk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-risk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-risk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高风险
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de alto riesgo
570 millions of speakers

English

high-risk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च जोखिम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية المخاطر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

с высоким риском
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de alto risco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ ঝুঁকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à haut risque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berisiko tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hochrisiko-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

危険性の高い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위험도가 높은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resiko dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có nguy cơ cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிக ஆபத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च धोका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek risk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ad alto rischio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiego ryzyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

з високим ризиком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu risc ridicat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλού κινδύνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë - risiko
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högrisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy - risiko
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-risk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-RISK»

The term «high-risk» is very widely used and occupies the 18.774 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-RISK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-risk

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7 QUOTES WITH «HIGH-RISK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high-risk.
1
Erma Bombeck
Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
2
Jason Kidd
I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.
3
Jane Pauley
Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.
4
Mark Pryor
I believe it is essential that we close the security gaps that put our nation at risk, and I will continue to fight for the funding that will secure high-risk targets, such as our ports and borders.
5
Sally Ride
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
6
Gina Rinehart
The evidence is inarguable that Australia is becoming too expensive and too uncompetitive to do export-oriented business. Africans want to work, and its workers are willing to work for less than $2 per day. Such statistics make me worry for this country's future. We are becoming a high-cost and high-risk nation for investment.
7
Matthew Weiner
My wife's an architect, so she definitely has a very high-risk artistic profession, and she gets the idea that you're really sensitive, you really care what people think, you have a low threshold for criticism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-RISK»

Discover the use of high-risk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-risk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
High Risk
Case histories about children who cannot love or trust and how to recognize this type of child.
Ken Magid, Carole A. McKelvey, 1987
2
High Risk
Twelve-year-old Zac Power has 24 hours to save the world... and visit his granny!
H. I. Larry, 2012
3
High Risk
Specializing in high-risk rescue missions, this team goes wherever the job takes them… Rebecca James was once revered for her devil-may-care attitude and backcountry survival skills.
Vivian Arend, 2013
4
High Risk Pregnancy: Management Options - Expert Consult
" Effectively manage patients newly diagnosed with hematologic and immunologic malignancies, and explore the available drug options. Confirm your diagnoses with greater confidence thanks to full-color images throughout the text.
David K. James, Philip J. Steer, Carl P. Weiner, 2010
5
High Risk
It looks like Evaline Waters, a River Heights resident, is knee-deep in trouble.
Carolyn Keene, 2011
6
Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies
" In the new afterword to this edition Perrow reviews the extensive work on the major accidents of the last fifteen years, including Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Challenger disaster.
Charles Perrow, 2011
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High risk: an anthology of forbidden writings
A literary collection of explicit writings--fiction, poetry, and essays--addresses "high risk" subject matter, such as illicit sex, incest, bondage, drug use, and transsexuality, and features contributions by progressive writers including ...
Amy Scholder, Ira Silverberg, 1991
8
Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies
Evidence to support an intervention is given where it exists. The authors' experience provides additional wise counsel. Key references provide the springboard for a deeper understanding of a topic. All protocols have been updated.
John T. Queenan, John C. Hobbins, Catherine Y. Spong, 2010
9
Overcoming the Odds: High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood
Looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 and monitored from the perinatal period through early adulthood.
Emmy E. Werner, Ruth S. Smith, 1992
10
Management of High-Risk Pregnancy: A Practical Approach
This book deals with the management of high risk pregnancy, describing the practical aspects of diagnosis, complications, treatment and follow up in a structured and easy to understand manner.
‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-RISK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-risk is used in the context of the following news items.
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High-risk areas for Lyme disease growing, CDC says - CBS News
But now more areas in those regions are considered high risk. "The risk is expanding, in all directions," said the lead author, Kiersten Kugeler of ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
2
High-risk sexual offender moves to Burlington - Burlington Free Press
A high-risk sexual predator has moved to Burlington this week, registering his address as "homeless, near the Waterfront," according to a news ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jul 15»
3
Study: High-risk areas for Lyme disease are growing
U.S. cases remain concentrated in the Northeast and upper Midwest. But now more areas in those regions are considered high risk. «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
Drones coming to Carson, plan for high-risk houses, and more …
El Paso County has appropriated $1,276,401 to buy four homes in the Ute Pass area that are at high risk of being destroyed by flood waters. «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
5
Peru counts up to 4353 high-risk environmental liabilities
Peru has a total of 4,353 high-risk environmental liabilities, according to El Comercio. This means, situations in which the life and health of the ... «Peru this Week, Jul 15»
6
Protecting the high-risk hard workers | Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
THE third phase of WorkCover's strategic industry action plan aimed at improving health and safety in the state's highest risk agricultural sector ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Hospital preps parents to care for high-risk babies at home
Jenny Vergara learned child care procedures in the simulator room to care for her daughter as Lynn Mayberry observed in the Infant Special ... «Indiana Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Health Beat: Taking aim at autism in high-risk 1-year-olds
When new mom Kristen Balhoff filled out a mailed research survey about her baby boy's behavior, she had no clue what would happen next. «WFMZ Allentown, Jul 15»
9
'Turning' terrorists has always been a high-risk strategy. Ask …
When journalists asked Hani al-Sibai why he was in London living off social security benefits, the Egyptian- born preacher replied: “Ask David ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
10
Chambersburg Police open new substation
Brown called the area high-risk, but felt it was also a good central area to assist in community involvement. Chambersburg Corporal Shane ... «witf.org, Jul 15»

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