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Definition of Adventure
1. Noun. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
Generic synonyms: Labor, Project, Task, Undertaking
Derivative terms: Adventurer, Adventurer, Adventuristic, Adventurous
2. Verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Specialized synonyms: Go For Broke, Luck It, Luck Through
Derivative terms: Adventurer, Adventurer, Chance, Gamble, Gambler, Hazard, Risk
3. Verb. Put at risk. "I will stake my good reputation for this"
Generic synonyms: Lay On The Line, Put On The Line, Risk
Derivative terms: Adventurer, Hazard, Jeopardy, Stake, Venture, Venture, Venturer
Definition of Adventure
1. n. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
2. v. t. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
3. v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk.
Definition of Adventure
1. Noun. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. ¹
2. 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. ¹
3. Noun. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. ¹
4. Noun. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adventure
1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Medical Definition of Adventure
1. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. "Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually." (Milton) 2. Risk; danger; peril. "He was in great adventure of his life." (Berners) 3. 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. "He loved excitement and adventure." (Macaulay) 4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. 5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. A bill of adventure, a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. Synonym: Undertaking, enterprise, venture, event. Origin: OE. Aventure, aunter, anter, F. Aventure, fr. LL. Adventura, fr. L. Advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall." See Advene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventure
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