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adventure
[ ad-ven-cher ]
noun
- an exciting or very unusual experience.
- participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises:
the spirit of adventure.
- a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome.
- a commercial or financial speculation of any kind; venture.
- Obsolete.
- peril; danger; risk.
- chance; fortune; luck.
verb (used with object)
- to risk or hazard.
- to take the chance of; dare.
- to venture to say or utter:
to adventure an opinion.
verb (used without object)
- to take the risk involved.
- to venture; hazard.
adventure
/ ədˈvɛntʃə /
noun
- a risky undertaking of unknown outcome
- an exciting or unexpected event or course of events
- a hazardous financial operation; commercial speculation
- obsolete.
- danger or misadventure
- chance
verb
- to take a risk or put at risk
- intrfoll byinto, on, upon to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc)
- to dare to say (something)
he adventured his opinion
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Derived Forms
- adˈventureful, adjective
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Other Words From
- ad·venture·ful adjective
- unad·ventur·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adventure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adventure1
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Example Sentences
Marcel the elephant takes readers on a journey through his life, recounting his memories full of travel and adventure.
By any measure, Burroughs ranks among the finest adventure story authors of modern times.
Now this one-month adventure has been turned into a documentary, fittingly titled Banksy Does New York, set to air Nov. 17 on HBO.
Thrust into a world of seemingly supernatural monsters, his adventure begins.
The hero first enters a period known as separation, where he leaves his past and enters a new life of adventure.
Its record is largely that of battles and sieges, of the brave adventure of discovery and the vexed slaughter of the nations.
He was mounted on a spirited horse and his manner showed he was ready for any kind of an adventure, no matter where it might lead.
Hitherto, I have not given the subject much consideration, but I turn over a new leaf from the date of this adventure.
The adventure had surprisingly followed upon the discovery that Alicia had been quite wrong.
A simple errand and promenade,--and yet she felt herself to be steeped in the romance of an adventure!
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