adventure

n.

1. 1. An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
   2. An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
2. An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
3. Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences: the love of adventure.
4. A financial speculation or business venture.

v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.

v.tr.

1. To venture upon; undertake or try.
2. To expose to danger or risk; hazard.

v.intr.

1. To take a risk; dare.
2. To proceed despite risks.

[Middle English aventure, from Old French, from Latin adventūrus, future participle of advenīre, to arrive. See advent.]

noun

An exciting, often hazardous undertaking: emprise, enterprise, venture. See safety/danger.

verb

1. To run the risk of: chance, hazard, risk, venture. See safety/danger.
2. To expose to possible loss or damage: compromise, hazard, risk, venture. See safety/danger.

n

Definition: risky or unexpected undertaking
Antonyms: avoidance, inaction, inactivity, inertia, latency, passiveness, stillness

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IN BRIEF: An exciting or dangerous happening.

Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing. — Helen Keller (1880-1968); blind and deaf American writer and lecturer

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Quotes:

"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over." - Aesop

"And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description." - Lord Byron

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Adventure is worthwhile." - Amelia Earhart

"The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it." - George Farquhar

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Adventure

Dansk (Danish)
n. - eventyr, vovestykke
v. tr. - risikere, spille hasard
v. intr. - kaste sig ud i, vove sig ud i

idioms:

• full of adventure    fuld af eventyrlyst

Nederlands (Dutch)
avontuur, durven, risico/gevaar lopen

Français (French)
n. - aventure, expérience, d'aventures
v. tr. - aventurer, risquer, hasarder
v. intr. - s'aventurer, se risquer dans

idioms:

• full of adventure    plein d'aventures

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abenteuer, Erlebnis
v. - riskieren, sich wagen, Gefahr laufen

idioms:

• full of adventure    abenteuerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιπέτεια, τόλμημα, αποκοτιά, (οικον.) κερδοσκοπική επιχείρηση υψηλού κινδύνου, σπέκουλα

idioms:

• full of adventure    γεμάτος περιπέτειες

Italiano (Italian)
avventura, esperienza

idioms:

• full of adventure    avventuroso, avventurosamente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aventura (f), façanha (f), coragem (f), espírito (m) aventureiro, empreendimento (m), especulação (f)

idioms:

• full of adventure    cheio de aventura

Русский (Russian)
приключение, риск, авантюра

idioms:

• full of adventure    полный риска, опасностей

Español (Spanish)
n. - experiencia, vivencia, aventura
v. tr. - experimentar, vivir, arriesgar
v. intr. - aventurarse, arriesgarse

idioms:

• full of adventure    lleno de aventuras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - äventyr, affärsföretag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冒险, 冒险精神, 激动人心的活动, 冒险活动, 投机活动, 冒险去做, 大胆说出, 使冒险

idioms:

• full of adventure    充满冒险

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冒險, 冒險精神, 激動人心的活動, 冒險活動, 投機活動
v. tr. - 冒險去做, 大膽說出, 使冒險
v. intr. - 冒險

idioms:

• full of adventure    充滿冒險

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모험, 뜻하지 않은 경험, 투기[사업]
v. tr. - 모험적으로 하다
v. intr. - 모험적으로 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 冒険, 珍しい経験, 珍事, 投機
v. - 危険にさらす, 危険をおかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مغامره, مجازفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הרפתקה, הסתכנות, העזה, השערה מסחרית‬
v. tr. - ‮הסתכן, סיכן‬
v. intr. - ‮העז לבוא או ללכת, העז להתחייב‬

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