adventure

== English == === Alternative forms === aventure (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/, /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/ Hyphenation: ad‧ven‧ture === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent +‎ -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer. ==== Noun ==== adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures) (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. Antonym: abstention A remarkable occurrence; a striking event. A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap. Synonyms: fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss. Synonym: hazard (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril. Synonyms: jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure. ==== Verb ==== adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured) (reflexive, now rare) To risk oneself. [from early 14th c.] Synonym: venture (intransitive) To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something. [from mid 14th c.] Synonym: venture (intransitive with infinitive, now rare) To try the chance; to take the risk. [from late 14th c.] Synonym: venture (transitive) To dare to say or utter. [from early 19th c.] Synonym: venture (transitive, archaic) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. [from late 14th c.] Synonym: venture (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard. [from late 14th c.] Synonym: venture ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === “adventure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === aventured, unaverted == Latin == === Participle === adventūre vocative masculine singular of adventūrus == Middle French == === Alternative forms === aventure === Etymology === From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin adventūrum. === Noun === adventure f (plural adventures) adventure fortune