venture
noun
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one.
ventures
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pluralof venture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof venture (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
venturenounan undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one.
Example Sentences
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What was already a very darkly funny and incredibly gross film gets even more disturbing as Bryan ventures into the Raccoon City hospital, trying to make his delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Joint ventures, in which coordination among rivals creates a new technology or market that none could produce alone, are also allowed under antitrust law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Many of the ventures will have to rely on equity investors since banks, he said, are likely to be reluctant to provide funding, given the country’s massive debt load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
If he ventures onto a dance floor now, he admits "my two-step has become a lot stiffer" out of anxiety that a wrong move could be filmed and send him viral.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
To support his family, Loren tried a series of entrepreneurial ventures, none of them very successful.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
