adventure
IPA: ædvˈɛntʃɝ
noun
- (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
- A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
- A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
- (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
- (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
verb
- (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
- (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
- (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
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Examples of "adventure" in Sentences
- They went on an adventure.
- The Adventure of the Gold Hunter.
- The adventure was full of excitement.
- The adventure was ultimately unfruitful.
- The series tells the adventures of the wizards.
- A lover of danger and the last of the adventurers.
- This is the participation in a relaxing and exhilarating adventure.
- The most exciting of all adventure activities in Spiti is the Yak safari.
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