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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
/ əˈɛԳʃə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٳܰڳܱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·tܰ·ڳܱ adjective
- ܲa·tܰ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of adventure1
Word History and Origins
Origin of adventure1
Example Sentences
And still he said yes to every adventure and anything new.
"She was sweet, I remember her having difficulty with one of the steps. It was all quite an adventure," Sheena said.
Ms Harrison said although Leah had recently been poorly with tonsillitis she was looking forward to the trip to the adventure centre.
Lucas loved the idealistic adventure reels of the ’30s and ’40s where good and evil were divided by a fresh coat of paint.
In “Sinners,” Jordan portrays twin brothers named Smoke and Stack, who return to their home in 1930s Mississippi to run a juke joint, encountering a variety of outrageous situations and adventures.
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