adventuread‧ven‧ture /ədˈventʃə $ -ər/ ●●● W2 noun [countable, uncountable] 
a great adventure Ahab’s adventures at sea an adventure story2sense/spirit of adventure willingness to try new things, take risks etc: Come on – where’s your sense of adventure?
WORD ORIGINadventure
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French aventure, from Latin advenire ‘to arrive’, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘to come’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!
- As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure.
- He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.
- It's a book about the author's real-life adventures in Nepal.
- My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war.
- Willis was a young man looking for adventure.
- Hunting him down and destroying him for ever can become a full-scale adventure in itself.
- I cursed my luck and began to invent adventures.
- In her new book, she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures.
- They plunged into the thick adrenal details of the adventure.
- To what adventures and extremes will it lead us?
Longman Language Activatoran exciting experience
an event or experience that gives you a feeling of excitement and pleasure: · Flying is still a tremendous thrill for me.the thrills and spills/chills (=the exciting experiences, moments etc in a film, race etc): · Don't miss all the thrills and spills of Formula 1 Grand Prix racing on Channel 26!
an exciting experience in which something dangerous or unusual happens: · He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.sense/spirit of adventure (=a desire to do unusual or dangerous things): · All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!
something unexpected or unusual that happens and makes you feel excited and unable to relax: · Gerry found it difficult to sleep after all the excitements of the day.· The biggest excitement of the day was when Joe accidentally set off the fire alarm.
American informal an exciting experience that you enjoy very much: · You should try water-skiing - it's a blast.have a blast: · Thanks for taking us camping - Miranda had a blast!
something that happens to you something that happens to you or something that you do, especially something unusual or important that you remember and learn from: · After she retired, Hannah wrote a book about her experiences as a war reporter.have an experience: · I'm glad I had this experience but I wouldn't want to do it again.good/great/bad/awful experience: · Living alone has been a good experience for her.experience of: · Tonight on Channel 4, young people will be discussing their experiences of racism.the experience of doing something: · Simulators are very realistic, but they don't compare to the actual experience of flying an airplane.
a situation in which exciting and dangerous things happen to you: · My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war.· As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure.
the experiences that happen to you over many years, and how happy or successful you are, especially when this is told in a story, film etc: somebody's fortunes/the fortunes of somebody: · It's a documentary about the fortunes of a group of musicians during the 1920s.· After he left London, his fortunes improved.changing fortunes: · The movie traces the changing fortunes of a poor family in Southern Australia.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He was always boasting about his amorous adventures.
He was always boasting about his amorous adventures.· He likes watching horror films.
· an exciting adventure story for children
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Initially his reaction took the form, from an early age, of a series of not always well-chosen amorous adventures.· His amorous adventures, however, were by no means over.
· For most of the children it was a big adventure, at least when they were setting off with their school friends.· For Karen this journey to Washington was a big adventure.· As experienced Yankees know, one of the big adventures is dealing with the metric system.· One of the biggest economic adventures of all time is, with luck, about to begin.· Dying wouldn't be such an awfully big adventure for Uncle Vernon - he was too old.· It was all just a big adventure.
· It's a great adventure for me and a big challenge.· There was no sense that a great adventure, or even a frightening one, was about to begin.· As with all great adventures and challenges, the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate.· Sometimes I felt like I was having a great adventure with Janir.· That first time had been a personal triumph, a great adventure.· The idea of the great adventure was delightful to Jason.
· The spirit of high adventure isn't one you'd normally associate with Commercial Paper.· But what a chance for high adventure!· It reminded him of pirates and buccaneers and fearless men who roamed the high seas in search of adventure.· Some of that high adventure found its way into the big downtown Miami law firms.· Seth was also blessed with good looks and lady-killer charm, which brought many high adventures his way.
· The affair revealed that the quickest path to popularity for a President remained a successful military adventure.· He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories.· A repetition of such military adventures could have incalculable consequences inside the United States.
· Each expedition is a new adventure, a new voyage of discovery.· Then as now, the soprano and tenor saxophonist has thrived by constantly seeking new adventures and doing the unexpected.· In the new adventure Mario finds the citizens of Mario Land brainwashed by the evil Wario.· Putnam, persuasively loquacious, was always on the lookout for new adventures and new stories to publish.· It may be the last farewell from Gloucester, but it's the first of many new adventures.· They become the testimony of a new adventure in art as well as in life.· Lovely waterside walks, picnic areas, new adventure playground, refreshments, Visitor Centre.· Every day was a new adventure.
NOUN· It's among the best arcade adventures available for the C64, and one of Ocean's better conversions.· No, the problem was a licence with such potential being turned into such a diabolical arcade adventure.· This is a fairly traditional arcade adventure but offers excellent graphics and several neat, distinctive touches.
· Phantasm is a virtual reality adventure game.· The story is a riveting one about two chil-dren who find an adventure game which becomes real as they are playing it.· Secret Agent is an excellent scrolling adventure game that should keep you playing for weeks.· Suitable for all ages this is sure to be one of the most popular adventure games this month.
· Indoor leisure pool, adventure playground, shop and launderette.· Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!· It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment.· More recently they have been a popular adventure playground for youngsters.· Children's Playground A large adventure playground is situated adjacent to the insect house, conveniently near the cafeteria and main picnic lawn.· Picnic/barbeque areas, play area, adventure playground.· This first indoor adventure playground contract is worth £80,000.· Extensive flower gardens, an adventure playground, and cafeteria, all help to make this a delightful place to visit.
· The junior adventure story has not suffered the same extremes of literary discrimination.· He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories.· In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion.· But from a general view the status of the junior adventure story is unassailable.· Consider, for example, the myriad adventure stories, most of which contain a definite love interest.· The artistic, literary value of adventure stories for the young is hampered by this kind of declaration of intent.· Some sort of adventure story, he supposed, which would film well.
VERB· Or send a photo of your younger siblings and watch their faces light up when they see themselves in this animated adventure.· Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure.
· The incipient spouses are of course excited by the adventure, the new life, heralded by marriage.· It seemed like an exciting adventure to me.· Apart from anything else, it is more of an exciting adventure and has a different basic quality.· Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure.
· Comedies continued to pull in the biggest audiences, followed by thrillers and adventure films.
· You couldn't live in peace, playing adventures all day long, undisturbed by the real world.· The boy's body was discovered by children playing at an adventure park on the Isle of Man.· Developed in the style of Eye of the Beholder this game is easily the best role playing adventure available on shareware.
· It could have shared the owner's adventures and vicissitudes, occupied his leisure hours, cheered his bleaker moments.· He was a disappointing hero to share her brave adventure.
· Joe wrote, describing his adventure in architecture for the Saturday Evening Post.· Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen: - A secret always buoyed her up, gave her a sense of adventure.
- A sense of adventure, perhaps?
- Dole can opt for some one out of the blue, making a bold stroke and hoping to demonstrate a spirit of adventure.
- It is like they embody the spirit of adventure, that sense of infinite newness.
- The atmosphere of the room was so different from any he had ever breathed that self-consciousness vanished in the sense of adventure.
- The excitement gradually left them and the boyish sense of adventure seeped slowly away.
- The sense of adventure felt by the pioneers of flight still remains with those who carry on the tradition of ballooning today.
- We should strive for the same sense of adventure.
- The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure.
- Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.
- But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.
- But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu.
- But what a chance for high adventure!
- The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply.
- The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower.
- They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents.
- Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance.
- Instead of music we offered honest talk and a whiff of freedom.
a great adventure Ahab’s adventures at sea an adventure story2sense/spirit of adventure willingness to try new things, take risks etc: Come on – where’s your sense of adventure?