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ad·ven·ture    Audio Help   [ad-ven-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing.
–noun
1.an exciting or very unusual experience.
2.participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of adventure.
3.a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome.
4.a commercial or financial speculation of any kind; venture.
5.Obsolete.
a.peril; danger; risk.
b.chance; fortune; luck.
–verb (used with object)
6.to risk or hazard.
7.to take the chance of; dare.
8.to venture to say or utter: to adventure an opinion.
–verb (used without object)
9.to take the risk involved.
10.to venture; hazard.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME aventure < AF, OF < VL *adventūra what must happen, fem. (orig. neut. pl.) of L adventūrus fut. participle of advenīre to arrive; ad- ad- r. a- a-5. See advent, -ure]

ad·ven·ture·ful, adjective
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ad·ven·ture    Audio Help   (ād-věn'chər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
    2. An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
  1. An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
  2. Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences: the love of adventure.
  3. A financial speculation or business venture.

v.   ad·ven·tured, ad·ven·tur·ing, ad·ven·tures

v.   tr.
  1. To venture upon; undertake or try.
  2. To expose to danger or risk; hazard.

v.   intr.
  1. To take a risk; dare.
  2. To proceed despite risks.


[Middle English aventure, from Old French, from Latin adventūrus, future participle of advenīre, to arrive; see advent.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
adventure 
c.1230, auenture "chance, fortune, luck," from O.Fr. auenture, from L. aventura (res) "(a thing) about to happen," from future participle of advenire "to come about," from ad- "to" + venire "to come" (see venue). Original meaning was "to arrive," in Latin, but in M.E. it took a turn through "risk/danger" (a trial of one's chances), and "perilous undertaking" (c.1314), and thence to "a novel or exciting incident" (1570). The -d- was restored 15c.-16c. Venture (q.v.) is a 15c. variant.

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adventure

noun
1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) 

verb
1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble
2. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture

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adventure [ədˈventʃə] noun
a bold or exciting undertaking or experience
Example: He wrote a book about his adventures in the Antarctic.
Arabic: مُغَامَرَة، مُجَازَفَه
Chinese (Simplified): 冒险
Chinese (Traditional): 冒險
Czech: dobrodružství
Danish: oplevelse; eventyr; vovestykke
Dutch: avontuur
Estonian: seiklus
Finnish: seikkailu
French: aventure
German: das Abenteuer
Greek: περιπέτεια
Hungarian: kaland
Icelandic: ævintÿri, hættuför
Indonesian: petualangan
Italian: avventura
Japanese: 冒険
Korean: 모험
Latvian: piedzīvojums
Lithuanian: nuotykis
Norwegian: spennende opplevelse, eventyr, vågestykke
Polish: przygoda
Portuguese (Brazil): aventura
Portuguese (Portugal): aventura
Romanian: aven­tură
Russian: приключение
Slovak: dobrodružstvo
Slovenian: dogodivščina
Spanish: aventura
Swedish: äventyr
Turkish: macera, serüven
See also: adventurer, adventurous

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Adventure

Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall." See Advene.]

1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. --Milton.

2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]

He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.

3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay.

4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.

5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.

Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.

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Adventure

Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p. pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]

1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

He would not adventure himself into the theater. --Acts xix. 31.

2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,

Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.

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Adventure

Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p. pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]

1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

He would not adventure himself into the theater. --Acts xix. 31.

2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,

Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.

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