adventure.
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
Meaning & usage
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
his sense of adventure
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
a life full of adventures
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.
A text adventure or an adventure game.
That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
Chance of danger or loss.
Risk; danger; peril.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin adveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *-rós ? Latin -tūrus Latin adventūrus Vulgar Latin *adventūra Old French aventurebor. Middle English aventure English adventure From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent + -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer.
To risk oneself.
To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
To dare to say or utter.
To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
To risk or hazard; jeopard.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure.
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