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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•ven•ture /ædˈvɛntʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. - an exciting or very unusual experience:[countable]the adventures of Robin Hood.
- participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises:[uncountable]a spirit of adventure.
ad•ven•tur•ous, ad•ven•ture•some, adj. ad•ven•tur•ous•ly, adv. See -ven-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•ven•ture (ad ven′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. - an exciting or very unusual experience.
- participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises:the spirit of adventure.
- a bold, usually risky undertaking;
hazardous action of uncertain outcome. - a commercial or financial speculation of any kind;
venture. - [Obs.]
- peril;
danger;
risk. - chance;
fortune;
luck.
v.t. - to risk or hazard.
- to take the chance of;
dare. - to venture to say or utter:to adventure an opinion.
v.i. - to take the risk involved.
- to venture;
hazard.
- Vulgar Latin *adventūra what must happen, feminine (origin, originally neuter plural) of Latin adventūrus future participle of advenīre to arrive; ad- ad- replacing a- a-5. See advent, -ure
- Anglo-French, Old French
- Middle English aventure 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adventure /ədˈvɛntʃə/ n - a risky undertaking of unknown outcome
- an exciting or unexpected event or course of events
- a hazardous financial operation; commercial speculation
vb - to take a risk or put at risk
- (intransitive) followed by into, on, upon: to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc)
- to dare to say (something): he adventured his opinion
Etymology: 13th Century: aventure (later altered to adventure after the Latin spelling), via Old French ultimately from Latin advenīre to happen to (someone), arrive |