Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
- noun An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
- noun An unusual or exciting experience.
- noun Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences.
- noun A financial speculation or business venture.
- intransitive verb To venture upon; undertake or try.
- intransitive verb To expose to danger or risk.
- intransitive verb To proceed despite risks.
- intransitive verb To take a risk; dare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 1. That which comes or happens to one; hap; chance; fortune; luck.
- noun A hazardous enterprise; an undertaking of uncertain issue, or participation in such an undertaking.
- noun A remarkable occurrence in one's personal history; a noteworthy event or experience in one's life.
- noun A speculation of any kind, commercial, financial, or mining; a venture; specifically, a speculation in goods sent abroad.
- noun Peril; danger.
- noun Adventurous activity; participation in exciting or hazardous undertakings or enterprises: as, a spirit of adventure.
- To risk or hazard; put in the power of unforeseen events: as, to
adventure one's life. - To venture on; take the chance of; run the risk of doing or suffering.
- To take the risk involved in doing anything; proceed at a venture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To try the chance; to take the risk.
- transitive verb To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
- transitive verb To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
- noun That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
- noun obsolete Risk; danger; peril.
- noun The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
- noun A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident.
- noun A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- noun (Com.) a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which happens without
design ;chance ;hazard ;hap ; hence, chance of danger or loss. - noun The
encountering ofrisks ;hazardous andstriking enterprise ; abold undertaking , in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue isstaked uponunforeseen events; adaring feat. - noun A
remarkable occurrence ; a striking event; astirring incident ; as, the adventures of one's life. - noun A
mercantile orspeculative enterprise of hazard; aventure ; ashipment by amerchant on his ownaccount . - noun video games A
text adventure or anadventure game . - verb transitive To
risk orhazard ;jeopard ;venture . - verb transitive To venture upon; to run the
risk of; todare . - verb intransitive To try the
chance ; to take the risk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put at risk
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Rabbi Ben Ezra waited for death to open the gate to it, but to her it seemed that she was in the midst of it now, that 'adventure brave and new' _in which death itself was also to be an adventure_ ....
Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch Eva Shaw McLaren 1914
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Life is an adventure: The word adventure comes from the Latin word ad-venire.
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I make the mistake of using the word adventure and he says: "You can use this word in my presence only in quotes."
Slate Magazine Leo Robson 2011
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Its literature is comparatively scant, but Doug Ammons has already crafted a classic meditation on what he calls "adventure sports," one that easily transcends the river genre.
Outdoor Adventures Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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“The mission of our adventure is about taking almost 50 women across the finish line together,” said founder Sunny Becks-Crumpton.
Hooping.org | Blog | Nashville To Hoop For Hope In The Fight Against Breast Cancer 2009
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The only clear winner in the adventure is the state.
Mueller on Iraq, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“The mission of our adventure is about taking almost 50 women across the finish line together,” said Sunny Becks-Crumpton, founder of Hooping for Hope, which provides hoop fitness classes to breast cancer survivors free of charge.
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I can't even decide which step of this adventure is the most aggravating.
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Still, the best part of this adventure is the diversion and camaraderie of adventurous friends.
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The word adventure is really a bad pick, would not you say?
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not | ATTACKERMAN 2008
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