adventure
adventure Lexical Profile
adventure Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An unusual, exciting, and typically hazardous experience or undertaking.
"Their backpacking trip across the Andes turned into an unforgettable adventure."
Daring and exciting activity or spirit as an abstract quality, characterized by a willingness to take risks and explore the unknown.
"She left her desk job in search of a life filled with travel and adventure."
A commercial or financial speculation involving considerable risk.
"The merchant invested his fortune in a maritime trading adventure to the East Indies."
• verb
To engage in daring or exciting activity, or to travel through unfamiliar places in search of new experiences.
"They spent the summer adventuring through the rugged mountains of Patagonia."
To expose to danger or loss, or to take the risk of doing or saying something (archaic or literary).
"Few captains were willing to adventure their ships in such treacherous winter waters."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French aventure, from Latin adventura ('a thing about to happen'), derived from the future participle of advenire ('to arrive' or 'to happen').