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| Domain | Definition |
Weather | Severe weather is expected to affect more than 10 percent of the area. A high risk is rare, and implies an unusually dangerous situation and usually the possibility of a major severe weather outbreak. (See slight risk, moderate risk, convective outlook.) (of severe thunderstorms). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HIGH RISK |
| Specialty definitions using "HIGH RISK": Cargo Selectivity System, Convective Outlook ♦ Dangerous Behavior ♦ hazardous waste ♦ Moderate Risk ♦ QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR ♦ Rabies Vaccines, Retinal Vein Occlusion ♦ Slight Risk. (references) |
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Screenplays | You're in an extremely high risk situation, Miss Cullen. (Eraser; writing credit: Tony Puryear; Walon Green) | |
Movie/TV Titles | High Risk (1988) Coke Ovens: A High Risk Job (1978) High Risk (1976) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Patients who have a manic episode are at high risk for recurrences. (references) | |
Some persons at particularly high risk should take more precautions. (references) | ||
A person who is sleepy and drives is at high risk for an automobile crash. (references) | ||
Business | These women face a high risk of drug addiction, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases. (references) | |
Other examinations, especially for high risk groups, include liver, colon-rectum and breast cancer screening. (references) | ||
Joint Ventures are associated with high risk. This sector is notorious for wild business practices and corruption. (references) | ||
Children | India | It is also concerned about the lack of adequate measures to combat this phenomenon and the lack of adequate rehabilitation measures." Runaway children, especially in larger cities, are at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. (references) |
Economic History | Israel | Companies encounter difficulties due to the nature of this field: long term, high investment, and high risk. (references) |
Nigeria | State governments, in particular, are offering bonds, however, given the profligate spending by state governments in 2001, these bonds must be considered high risk. (references) | |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | ACOS uses a computer system to classify shipments as low-risk (green lane), moderate risk (yellow lane) or high risk (red lane). (references) |
Trade | India | In this payment method the exporter runs a high risk of not being paid, and therefore, is only used with buyers who are credit worthy. (references) |
New Zealand | Although there is a broad array of suppliers of capital, there still is a scarcity of resources for start-up organizations and other high risk ventures. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | COIN administers the Center for Health and Migration Information for Migrant Women that carries out community education campaigns in high risk areas on various issues, including citizenship, legal work requirements, dangers of trafficking, forced prostitution, and domestic servitude. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "HIGH RISK": high risk material ♦ high risk road user group. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "HIGH RISK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i rrezikshëm (breakneck, critical, dangerous, endangering, forbidding, hairy, hazardous, malign, nasty, parlous, perilous, pestilent, risky, risque, touch and go, unchancy, unsafe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | højrisikostof (high risk material), højrisiko periode for fremtidige børn (period of high risk where future children are concerned), stærkt udsat barn (high risk child), person tilhørende højrisikogruppe (high-risk people, person at high risk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verhoogd risico op afwijkingen bij de nakomelingen bij verhoogde moederleeftijd (period of high risk where future children are concerned), persoon met verhoogd risico (high-risk people, person at high risk), kind met hoge risicofactor (high risk child), educatief materiaal voor minderheidsgroepen met een verhoogde kans op infectie (educational material for cultural groups at high risk of infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulevien lasten kannalta korkeariskinen vaihe (period of high risk where future children are concerned), suuren riskin henkilö (high-risk people, person at high risk), riskihenkilö (high-risk people, person at high risk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sujet hauts risques (high-risk people, person at high risk), risque élevé d'incendie (high risk of fire), matière haut risque (high risk material), matériel d'éducation pour groupe culturel haut risque (educational material for cultural groups at high risk of infection), groupe d'usagers de la route haut risque (high risk road user group), enfant risque élevé (high risk child), enfant haut risque (high risk child), âge haut risque pour la descendance (period of high risk where future children are concerned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stark gefährdetes Kind (high risk child), Risikokind (high risk child), Aufklärungsmaterial für Gruppen mit hohem Ansteckungsrisiko (educational material for cultural groups at high risk of infection), Alter mit hohem Risiko für die Nachkommen (period of high risk where future children are concerned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίοδος μεγάλου κινδύνου όσον αφορά τα μελλοντικά παιδιά (period of high risk where future children are concerned), παιδί που διατρέχει υψηλό κίνδυνο (high risk child), επιρρεπής σε υψηλό κίνδυνο (high-risk people, person at high risk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nagy kockázat (long chance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soggetto ad alto rischio (high-risk people, person at high risk), materiale educativo destinato a gruppi ad alto rischio (educational material for cultural groups at high risk of infection), bambino ad alto rischio (high risk child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighhay iskray criança de alto risco (high risk child). (various references) авантюристический (adventuristic, adventurous, high-risk). (various references) visokorizičan. (various references) sujeto de alto riesgo (high-risk people, person at high risk), niño de alto riesgo (high risk child), material divulgativo para grupos culturales con un elevado nivel de riesgo de contraer la enfermedad (educational material for cultural groups at high risk of infection), individuo de alto riesgo (high-risk people, person at high risk), grave riesgo de incendio (high risk of fire), edad de alto riesgo para la descendencia (period of high risk where future children are concerned). (various references) ålder innebärande högrisk för avkomman (period of high risk where future children are concerned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"HIGH RISK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: highrisk. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-h-i-i-k-r-s" | |
-3 letters: girsh, highs, rishi, shirk. | |
-4 letters: ghis, high, iris, irks, khis, kirs, kris, rigs, risk, shri, sigh. | |
-5 letters: ghi, his, irk, khi, kir, rig, shh, sir, ski, sri. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 49 47 48      52 49 53 4B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 00100000 01010010 01001001 01010011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H I G H   R I S K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0049 0047 0048      0052 0049 0053 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42434142252435345 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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