adventure
Pluraladventures
Pluraladventures
Formsadventures, adventuring, adventured
- 1A bold, risky task where you face danger and don't know how it will end.
Like jumping into a game where you might win big or lose, and no one knows what happens next.
Climbing the frozen waterfall was a real adventure for the whole team.
They set off on an adventure across the desert with very little water.
Similarventure, exploit, feat, undertaking, escapade
- 2The wish to find new and exciting things to do.
Like the itch you feel to open a door you've never gone through.
Her love of adventure made her want to try new things every weekend.
A spirit of adventure pushed him to explore the old caves alone.
Similarexcitement
- 3Something surprising or exciting that happens to you.
Like a story you can't wait to tell because something amazing happened.
Getting lost in the old city turned into quite an adventure.
Their afternoon at the market became a small adventure none of them expected.
Similarexperience, episode, escapade, incident
- 4A computer game where you explore, solve puzzles, and follow a story.
Like reading a story where you also get to decide what happens next.
He spent the whole weekend playing an old adventure on his computer.
This adventure has clever puzzles that take hours to solve.
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- 5A risky business deal, or goods a merchant ships at their own risk hoping to profit.
Like betting your money on a delivery that might arrive safely or be lost at sea.
The trader put his savings into one risky adventure overseas.
Their adventure in the spice trade nearly ruined them when the ship sank.
Similarventure, speculation, enterprise
- 6To take a risk and see what happens.
Like rolling the dice instead of keeping your money safe.
If you never adventure, you will never know what you might win.
He decided to adventure, trusting that luck would favor him.
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- 7To risk doing something bold or dangerous.
Like daring to cross a shaky bridge instead of turning back.
He would not adventure the climb without a good rope.
Discriminations might be adventured.
c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in GroupsHere, adventured means risked, boldly tried even though it might go wrong.Note
- 8To put something at risk of being lost or harmed.
Like putting all your coins on one bet, ready to lose them.
He would not adventure his savings on such a wild plan.
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, adventure himself means put himself at risk of harm.Note
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- 11Something that happens by chance or luck.
Like bumping into an old friend by luck in a strange town.
By some strange adventure, the lost ring was found again.
It was pure adventure that brought the two travelers to the same inn.
Similarluck, chance, fortune, accident, serendipity
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Origins
From Old French aventure, from Latin words meaning "about to arrive" and later "about to happen."
From Old French aventurer, which came from aventure.