venture

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of adventure. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ven‧ture === Noun === venture (plural ventures) A risky or daring undertaking or journey. Synonyms: enterprise, pursuit; see also Thesaurus:activity, Thesaurus:journey Hyponyms: business venture, joint venture An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen. Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency; see also Thesaurus:possibility The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade. Synonym: stake ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured) (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey. (transitive) To risk or offer. (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust. (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion. ==== Derived terms ==== venture capital ==== Related terms ==== venturesome venturous ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “venture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “venture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /venˈtu.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: ven‧tù‧re === Adjective === venture feminine plural of venturo === Noun === venture f plural of ventura == Latin == === Participle === ventūre vocative masculine singular of ventūrus