Thesaurus: adventure

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1. n. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
2. n. Risk; danger; peril.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
5. n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
6. n. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
7. n. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
8. v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk.
9. n. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
10. v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
11. v. put at risk
12. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton. 2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] He was in great adventure of his life. Berners. 3. 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. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay. 4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon. 5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. Syn. -- Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. 1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix. 31. 2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor. To try the chance; to take the risk. I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak.