adventure

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Life is an adventure: The word adventure comes from the Latin word ad-venire.

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  1. noun An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
  2. noun An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
  3. noun An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.

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  • Now all she had to show for the adventure was a sunburn But the afternoon with Barry had happened too. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • Life is an adventure: The word adventure comes from the Latin word ad-venire. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • See vol. vi. 289 FN#403] This adventure is a rechauffй of Amjad's adventure (vol. iii. 333) without, however, its tragic catastrophe FN#404] The text is so concise as to be enigmatical. —  Arabian nights. English
  • But come, noble brother, the hour for my adventure is arrived And wrapped in their mantles, the youths walked hastily toward the city, Fadrique carrying his beautiful guitar under his arm CHAPTER II The night-smelling flowers in Lucila's window were already beginning to emit their refreshing perfume when Fadrique, leaning in the shadow of the angle of an old church opposite, began to tune his guitar. —  The Two Captains
  • And this adventure was about exploring and discovering inspiring women edubloggers (a reaction to my ignorance).
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English aventure, from Old French, from Latin adventūrus, future participle of advenīre, to arrive; see advent.

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  1. Early modern English often also adventer, from Middle English aventure, aventure, often contr. auntour, aunter, anter, etc., from Old French (and F.) aventure = Provencal Spanish Portuguese aventura = Italian avventura = Friesic aventure = Middle High German aventiure, German abenteuer = Danish æventyr, eventyr = Swedish äfventyr, from Middle Latin aventura, also adventura, literally a thing about to happen, from Latin advenire, future participle active adventurus, come to, happen: see advene. The Middle English prefix a- (a-) has been restored to its orig. L. form ad-. Hence peradventure, q. v. Cf. venture.
  2. from Middle English aventuren, usually contr. to aunteren, auntren (which survives, prob., in saunter, q. v.), from Old French aventurer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese aventurar = Italian avventurare, from Middle Latin adventurare; from the noun.
 

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