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Adventure

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Noun

1. adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture

a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

Verb

2. adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

Example Sentences:
'When you buy these stocks you are gambling'

3. adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture

put at risk

Example Sentences:
'I will stake my good reputation for this'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adventure

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noun
1. 
a risky undertaking of unknown outcome
2. 
an exciting or unexpected event or course of events
3. 
a hazardous financial operation; commercial speculation
4. obsolete
a. 
danger or misadventure
b. 
chance
verb
5. 
to take a risk or put at risk
6. (intransitive; foll by into, on, upon)
to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc)
7. 
to dare to say (something)
he adventured his opinion

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Adventure

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noun
1. 
the encountering of danger
2. 
a daring, hazardous undertaking
3. 
an unusual, stirring experience, often of a romantic nature
4. 
a venture or speculation in business or finance
5. 
a liking for danger, excitement, etc.
a man full of adventure
verb transitiveWord forms: adˈventured or adˈventuring
6. 
to put in danger; risk; venture
7. 
to be bold about; dare
verb intransitive
8. 
to engage in daring undertakings
9. 
to take a risk

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Adventure

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n.
1.
a. An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
b. An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
2. An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
3. Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences: the love of adventure.
4. A financial speculation or business venture.
v. ad·ven·tured, ad·ven·tur·ing, ad·ven·tures
v.tr.
1. To venture upon; undertake or try: adventure a joke.
2. To expose to danger or risk: "I had adventured other people's safety in a course of self-indulgence" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
v.intr.
1. To proceed despite risks: adventure into the wilderness.
2. To take a risk; dare: "the first glass of wine I have adventured to drink" (Lawrence Sterne).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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