adventure

Meaning

Noun

1. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
3. 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. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
5. A text adventure or an adventure game.
6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.

Verb

1. To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
3. To try the chance; to take the risk.

Concepts

adventure

venture

risk

escapade

hazard

stake

chance

gamble

jeopardize

risky venture

take a chance

take chances

experience

dangerous undertaking

run a risk

dare

take risks

scandal

undertaking

accident

exploit

prank

go

vicissitude

tempt Providence

business speculation

scalping

speculative trade

speculation business

fling

odyssey

long shot

compromise

endanger

jeopardise

peril

scupper

event

incident

foray

adventures

aventure

Hyphenated as

ad‧ven‧ture

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/

Etymology

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 .