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ad·ven·ture
[ad-ven-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing.
[ad-ven-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 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.
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| 6. | to risk or hazard. |
| 7. | to take the chance of; dare. |
| 8. | to venture to say or utter: to adventure an opinion. |
| 9. | to take the risk involved. |
| 10. | to venture; hazard. |
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| ad·ven·ture
(ād-věn'chər) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. ad·ven·tured, ad·ven·tur·ing, ad·ven·tures v. tr.
v. intr.
[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
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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