# adventure

Pronunciation: US say "uhd-VEN-chur" /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/; UK say "uhd-VEN-chuh" /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/

## Noun

1. A daring feat or bold undertaking in which danger is likely and the outcome depends on unforeseen events.
   - Simple: A bold, risky task where you face danger and don't know how it will end.
   - _Crossing the Atlantic in a small boat was the kind of adventure few would dare attempt._
   - _The expedition turned into a dangerous adventure when the storm cut off their retreat._
2. A feeling of wanting new and exciting experiences.
   - Simple: The wish to find new and exciting things to do.
   - _Travel feeds her appetite for adventure better than anything else._
   - _Childhood stories had filled him with a restless sense of adventure._
3. An event or experience that stands out as remarkable or striking.
   - Simple: Something surprising or exciting that happens to you.
   - _The chance meeting with an old friend abroad made for a memorable adventure._
   - _What began as a routine errand became an adventure she retold for years._
4. A text-based or graphical video game built around exploration, puzzle-solving, and narrative progression rather than fast action.
   - Simple: A computer game where you explore, solve puzzles, and follow a story.
   - _The studio's latest adventure drops players into a haunted mansion full of riddles._
   - _Fans praised the adventure for its branching story and inventive puzzles._
5. A risky commercial enterprise or speculative venture; goods that a merchant ships on their own account in hope of profit.
   - Simple: A risky business deal, or goods a merchant ships at their own risk hoping to profit.
   - _He insured the adventure against loss before the cargo left the harbor._
   - _Investors backed the merchant's adventure to the Indies, splitting both the risk and the profit._

## Verb

6. To take a chance; to risk something on an uncertain outcome. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To take a risk and see what happens.
   - _Those who will not adventure seldom gain anything worth having._
   - _She chose to adventure, staking everything on the success of the voyage._
7. To venture upon something; to take the risk of doing or facing it. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To risk doing something bold or dangerous.
   - _Few sailors would adventure such a passage in the dead of winter._
   - _He resolved to adventure the journey alone, whatever dangers lay ahead._
8. To risk or hazard something; to expose it to possible loss or danger. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To put something at risk of being lost or harmed.
   - _She refused to adventure her reputation for so small a reward._
   - _The merchant chose to adventure his entire cargo on one final voyage._

## Noun

9. The state of being exposed to risk, danger, or peril. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Danger or risk of harm.
10. The chance or likelihood of incurring danger or loss. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The chance that something bad or costly might happen.
11. An event that comes about by chance; a matter of luck or fortune. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Something that happens by chance or luck.
   - _By a happy adventure, the messenger arrived just as the gates were closing._
   - _Whatever adventure had scattered the fleet, only three ships reached the harbor._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5, 9–11** — From Middle English aventure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus ("about to arrive," and in Vulgar Latin "about to happen"), the future participle of adveniō ("to arrive"), which in the Romance languages came to mean "to happen, befall."
**Meanings 6–8** — From Middle English aventuren, from Old French aventurer, itself from aventure.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/adventure (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).