adventure
Use Adventure in a sentence
tʃər 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.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to take the risk involved.
10.
to venture; hazard.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English aventure < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *adventūra what must happen, feminine (orig. neuter plural) of Latin adventūrus future participle of advenīre to arrive; ad- ad- replacing a- a-5. See advent, -ure
1200–50; Middle English aventure < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *adventūra what must happen, feminine (orig. neuter plural) of Latin adventūrus future participle of advenīre to arrive; ad- ad- replacing a- a-5. See advent, -ure
Related forms
ad·ven·ture·ful, adjective
un·ad·ven·tur·ing, adjective
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adventure (ədˈvɛntʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a risky undertaking of unknown outcome |
| 2. | an exciting or unexpected event or course of events |
| 3. | a hazardous financial operation; commercial speculation |
| 4. | obsolete |
| a. danger or misadventure | |
| b. chance | |
| —vb (foll by into, on, upon) | |
| 5. | to take a risk or put at risk |
| 6. | to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc) |
| 7. | to dare to say (something): he adventured his opinion |
| [C13: aventure (later altered to adventure after the Latin spelling), via Old French ultimately from Latin advenīre to happen to (someone), arrive] | |
| ad'ventureful | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
adventure
early 13c., auenture "chance, fortune, luck," from O.Fr. auenture, from L. adventura (res) "(a thing) about to happen," from adventurus, 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" (early 14c.), 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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Example sentences
Boys of all ages love a good adventure story.
He told me about your adventure and the book that you wrote.
To begin this hazardous adventure he asked for but eight hundred dollars, and would think himself rich with a thousand.
As the spacecraft propels itself further into deep space, the learning adventure for scientists continues.
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