adventure

[ ad-ven-cher ]

/ ædˈvɛn tʃər /

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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), ad·ven·tured, ad·ven·tur·ing.

to risk or hazard.

to take the chance of; dare.

to venture to say or utter: to adventure an opinion.

verb (used without object), ad·ven·tured, ad·ven·tur·ing.

to take the risk involved.

to venture; hazard.

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Origin of adventure

1200–50; Middle English aventure<Anglo-French, Old French <Vulgar Latin *adventūra what must happen, feminine (originally neuter plural) of Latin adventūrus future participle of advenīre to arrive; ad-ad- replacing a-a-⁵. See advent, -ure

OTHER WORDS FROM adventure

ad·ven·ture·ful, adjectiveun·ad·ven·tur·ing, adjective

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How to use adventure in a sentence

The idea of recreating women’s adventures came to Wortley, a Brit who’s now 30, while reading My Journey to Lhasa at 16 years old.
Recreating Historical Adventures in Old-Fashioned Gear|Ailsa Ross|November 12, 2020|Outside Online
I wasn’t sure of the role-playing adventure direction this series was taking, but because it was Egypt, I was able to enjoy most of its new ideas.
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Giant squids are fantastical creatures that live in the crushing depths of the ocean and are rarely seen except in adventure books.
Giant squid that washed ashore in South Africa is a rare glimpse of the deep-sea creature|Heather Djunga|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Drawing on her love of adventure and her psychology background, she saw an opportunity to fill a void.
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Lastly, the Diverge is ready to be transformed into an adventure bike.
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It was a carefree kind of life, with just enough of variety to hold Bud's interest to the adventuring.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
Forthwith that same autumn took he ship on certain galleys with warriors who were adventuring on to the Greek sea.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
He felt like an adventuring knight, who, having killed all the dragons, rescues the captive princess from her tower.
Glory of Youth|Temple Bailey
He, more than any one Hayden could think of, might be of use to him in a certain Argonautic expedition he was adventuring upon.
The Silver Butterfly|Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
And because she was for adventuring with her brother at bloody work of civil war in the pay of a foreign government!
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for adventure

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

(intr foll by into, 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 of adventure

adventureful, adjective

Word Origin for adventure

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

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