adventure

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
2. (countable, uncountable) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
3. (countable, uncountable) A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
4. (countable, uncountable) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
5. (countable, uncountable) A text adventure or an adventure game.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Risk; danger; peril.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
2. (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.

Opposite of

abstention

Synonyms

venture

risk

escapade

hazard

stake

jeopardize

gamble

chance

🎲

take chances

experience

take a chance

risky venture

dare

dangerous undertaking

run a risk

take risks

scupper

undertaking

vicissitude

odyssey

tempt Providence

business speculation

speculative trade

speculation business

accident

aventure

adventures

compromise

endanger

event

exploit

fling

foray

go

incident

jeopardise

long shot

peril

prank

scalping

scandal

Translations

aventure

avventura

Abenteuer

aventura

avontuur

aventura

macera

aventura

serüven

περιπέτεια

wagen

lotgeval

riskeren

risico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aventure

Cognate with Scots: adventur

Cognate with Swedish: äventyr

Cognate with German: Abenteuer

Inherited from Middle English: aventuren

In summary

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).
Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer.

Sentences

John and the Humpbacked Foal embark on an adventure in the Magical Roads .