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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•ven•ture /ædˈvɛntʃɚ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. an exciting or very unusual experience:[countable]the adventures of Robin Hood.
  2. 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 © 2025
ad•ven•ture  (ad ven′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. 
n. 
  1. an exciting or very unusual experience.
  2. participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises:the spirit of adventure.
  3. a bold, usually risky undertaking;
    hazardous action of uncertain outcome.
  4. a commercial or financial speculation of any kind;
    venture.
  5. [Obs.]
    • peril;
      danger;
      risk.
    • chance;
      fortune;
      luck.

v.t. 
  1. to risk or hazard.
  2. to take the chance of;
    dare.
  3. to venture to say or utter:to adventure an opinion.

v.i. 
  1. to take the risk involved.
  2. 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
ad•ven′ture•ful, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
adventure / ədˈvɛntʃə/
  1. a risky undertaking of unknown outcome
  2. an exciting or unexpected event or course of events
  3. a hazardous financial operation; commercial speculation
  1. to take a risk or put at risk
  2. (intransitive) followed by into, on, upon: to dare to go or enter (into a place, dangerous activity, etc)
  3. 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

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