adventure
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.
to risk or hazard.
to take the chance of; dare.
to venture to say or utter: to adventure an opinion.
to take the risk involved.
to venture; hazard.
Origin of adventure
1Other words from adventure
- ad·ven·ture·ful, adjective
- un·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.
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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. BowerForthwith 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 SturlusonHe felt like an adventuring knight, who, having killed all the dragons, rescues the captive princess from her tower.
Glory of Youth | Temple BaileyHe, 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 WoodrowAnd because she was for adventuring with her brother at bloody work of civil war in the pay of a foreign government!
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British Dictionary definitions for adventure
/ (ədˈvɛntʃə) /
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
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
Origin of adventure
1Derived forms of adventure
- adventureful, adjective
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