risked
- 1Simple past and past participle of risk.
The startup risked its entire budget on a single marketing campaign.
Climbers risked frostbite to reach the summit before dark.
Note
One spelling does the work of two forms: the simple past (she risked it) and the participle behind the perfect (has risked) and the passive (was risked). Every use takes a direct object. That object can be the danger itself (risked frostbite), the thing put in danger (risked its budget), or an action, which follows as an -ing form: they risked losing everything.
She risked missing the last train by staying for one more song.
He had risked telling the truth, and it had cost him the job.
risked is a form of risk
risk, verb: To expose someone or something valued to the possibility of harm or loss. Full entry
- Spelling
- risk → risked: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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