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Word: adventure (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  • A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
  • That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  • The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To try the chance; to take the risk.
  • transitive To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
  • transitive To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

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