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adventure

[ ad-ven-cher ]

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.
    1. peril; danger; risk.
    2. chance; fortune; luck.


verb (used with object)

adventured, adventuring.
  1. to risk or hazard.
  2. to take the chance of; dare.
  3. to venture to say or utter:

    to adventure an opinion.

verb (used without object)

adventured, adventuring.
  1. to take the risk involved.
  2. to venture; hazard.

adventure

/ əˈɛԳʃə /

noun

  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.
    1. danger or misadventure
    2. chance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to take a risk or put at risk
  2. intrfoll byinto, on, upon to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc)
  3. to dare to say (something)

    he adventured his opinion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٳܰڳܱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ·tܰ·ڳܱ adjective
  • ܲa·tܰ·Բ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adventure1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English aventure, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Vulgar Latin 屹Գū (unrecorded) “what must happen,” feminine (originally neuter plural) of Latin 屹Գūܲ future participle of 屹ī “to arrive”; ad- ad- replacing a- a- 5; advent, -ure
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adventure1

C13: aventure (later altered to adventure after the Latin spelling), via Old French ultimately from Latin 屹ī to happen to (someone), arrive
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Example Sentences

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And still he said yes to every adventure and anything new.

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"She was sweet, I remember her having difficulty with one of the steps. It was all quite an adventure," Sheena said.

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Ms Harrison said although Leah had recently been poorly with tonsillitis she was looking forward to the trip to the adventure centre.

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Lucas loved the idealistic adventure reels of the ’30s and ’40s where good and evil were divided by a fresh coat of paint.

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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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