Adventure

Definitions: Adventure

Adventure

Noun

1. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).

Verb

1. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling".

2. Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "adventure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

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Synonyms: Adventure

Chance 2

Noun: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate; (necessity); equal chance; lottery; tombola; toss up; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes, sortes Virgilianae.

Danger

Adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard; run the gauntlet; (dare); engage in a forlorn hope.

Essay

Verb: try, essay; experiment; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way.

Noun: essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut; probation; (experiment).

Eventuality

Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion).

Pursuit

Noun: pursuit; pursuing; Verb: prosecution; pursuance; enterprise; (undertaking); business; adventure; (essay); quest; (search); scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt.

The Drama

Western, horse opera; flick; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.

Undertaking

Noun: undertaking; compact; adventure, venture; engagement; (promise); enterprise, emprise; pilgrimage; matter in hand; (business ); move; first move; (beginning).

Crosswords: Adventure

Death is the only adventure you have left. (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;)

Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

And adventure. And love. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

Most of us live our whole lives, without having an adventure to call our own. What is any life without the pursuit of a dream? (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

My suggestion is to just ride it out, make the occasional smart-aleck quip, and next week, we'll return right to where we were, ready for another wacky adventure! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lookin' for adventure ("Born to be Wild"; performing artist: Steppenwolf)

Finger 5's Great Adventure (1974)

The Darwin Adventure (1972)

One Adventure (1972)

African Adventure (1971)

Safari to Adventure (1969)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure (reference)

• The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version) (reference)

• Ninjak: The Boss (Acclaim Adventure Zone) (reference)

• The Accursed Tower: Adventure (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Adventure) (reference)

• The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Adventure (reference)

• Adventure Box (reference)

• Adventure Cyclist (reference)

• Adventure Travel (reference)

• Family Adventure Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Doctor Who - The Key to Time - The Complete Adventure (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Great Fantasy Adventure Album [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Sonic Adventure 2 - Official Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Adventure Game (reference)

• The Scarlet Pimpernel: The New Musical Adventure - Original Broadway Cast Recording [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• ADVENTURE MED VIDCAM-CASE BLK OLIVE (reference)

• Tamrac 5242 Adventure 2 Photo Backpack (Black) (reference)

• Tamrac 5248 Adventure 8 Photo Backpack - Forest Green (reference)

• Adventure Paper - Legal 8.5x14 (reference)

• Motorola Disney Adventure Two-Way Radio (Pair) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Little Tikes Tot Wheels Sky Adventure (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Equator crossing ceremony on H. M. S. BEAGLE on October 11, 1832. In: Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle ...." by Robert Fitzroy, 1839. Vol. II, p. 57. Library Call Number F2936 .F56 1839.Credit: Treasures of the Library.

An impossible adventure : the wicked flea.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Kin-der-Kids (abroad). The kids' terrible adventure with a whale!.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Field artillery. United States Army. Travel, earn, learn ... adventure and action.Credit: Library of Congress.

Adventure and action Enlist in the field artillery, U.S. Army / / Harry S. Mueller, Major Infantry.Credit: Library of Congress.

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If the population of the English-speaking Commonwealths be added to that of the United States with all that such co-operation implies in the air, on the sea, all over the globe and in science and in industry, and in moral force, there will be no quivering, precarious balance of power to offer its temptation to ambition or adventure. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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Without further adventure, they reached the dwelling of Governor Bellingham.

We have but little to add to what the reader already knows, concerning what had happened to Jean Valjean, since his adventure with Petit Gervais.

Now that the play was over his nerves cried for some further adventure.

My journey was without any accident or adventure worth relating.

The wildness and adventure that are in fishing still recommended it to me.

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Health

All it takes to get infected is to be bitten by one infected sand fly. This is more likely to happen the more people are bitten, that is, the more time they spend outside in rural areas from dusk to dawn. Adventure travelers, Peace Corps volunteers, missionaries, ornithologists (people who study birds), other people who do research outdoors at night, and soldiers are examples of people who may have an increased risk for leishmaniasis (especially cutaneous leishmaniasis). (references)

Business

As in the U.S., U.K. "baby boomers" are reaching middle age and are intrigued by so-called "soft" adventure. (references)

Theme and adventure parks are a favorite with this category, but ranch and outdoor vacations are becoming very popular. (references)

Increasing attention to the "real" or "hidden" Spain and to adventure travel in Spain reflects a growing trend of U.K. travelers to be more independent and adventuresome on their holidays. (references)

Economic History

Canada

Tourism and related support industries are also growing, as the three regions encourage adventure travel to these remote northern sites. (references)

Australia

Good development opportunities exist in specialist holidays, such as self-drive car rentals and RV holidays, skiing, and adventure travel. (references)

Georgia

The few operators currently active in Georgia report growth in demand both summer and winter, particularly in the niche of adventure tourism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "adventure": A bill of adventure ♦ a life of adventure ♦ adventure Definition Language ♦ adventure oneself ♦ adventure playground ♦ adventure story ♦ at adventure ♦ Bill of adventure ♦ by adventure ♦ Gross adventure ♦ hunger for adventure ♦ joint adventure ♦ love of adventure ♦ spirit of adventure. Additional references.

Beginning with "adventure": adventure-loving, adventure-plots, adventure-romance, Adventure-scotland, adventure-seekers, adventure-seeking, adventure-story.

Ending with "adventure": action-adventure, fantasy-adventure, quest-adventure, sea-adventure, text-adventure.

Afrikaan

avontuur. (various references)

Albanian

aventurë (escapade, experience, venture), rrezikoj (chance, endanger, gamble, go off the deep end, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, oppose, risk, venture), ngjarje me rrezik, kuturis (chance, venture). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغامرة (adventurousness, enterprise, escapade, flier, flyer, foolhardiness, gamble, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, throw, venture), ‏مجازفة (adventurousness, endangering, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, temerity, venture), ‏غامر (buccaneer, flooding, gamble, jeopard, jeopardize, overwhelming, venture), ‏تجربة مثيرة, ‏جازف (chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, stick out one's neck), ‏المغامرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смела постъпка, рискувам (chance, dare, gamble, hazard, jeopardize, pawn, risk, stake, take a chance, take a risk, tempt, venture), риск (cast, chance, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, venture), финансова спекулация, осмелявам се (dare, hazard, presume, venture), авантюра (flier, venture), приключенски (cloak-and-sword), приключение (escapade). (various references)

Chinese 

�'险 (Adventured, Adventuring, Adventurous, Hazarded, Hazarding, Risked, Risking, Ventured, Venturing). (various references)

Czech

dobrodružství (venture). (various references)

Danish

eventyr. (various references)

Dutch

perikel (danger, peril), lotgeval (experience), avontuur. (various references)

Esperanto

aventuro. (various references)

Faeroese

ævintýr (fable, fairy tale). (various references)

Farsi 

مخاطره (Hazard, Jeopardy, Menace, Peril, Risk, Venture), ماجراجوءی , ماجرا, حادثه (Accidence, Accident, Fortuity, Incident, Phenomenon), تجارت مخاطره امیز, سرگذشت (Act, Event, Memoir), خودرابمخاطره انداختن , دل بدریازدن , دستخوش حوادث کردن , درمعرض مخاطره گذاشتن , باتهورمبادرت کردن . (various references)

Finnish

seikkailu, seikkailla. (various references)

French

aventure (adventurousness). (various references)

Frisian

aventoer. (various references)

German

Abenteuer (adventures, affair, exploits, indiscretion). (various references)

Greek 

περιπέτεια (vicissitude). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעש�" � ועז (stunt), ל�"עיז (dare), ל�"סתכן (chance, risk, stick out one's neck, take the plunge), �"רפתק�" (escapade, venture). (various references)

Hungarian

kaland (escapade), merész vállalkozás. (various references)

Indonesian

petualangan, pengembaraan (roaming, roving, vagabondage, vagabondism, vagrancy, wandering). (various references)

Italian

avventura (affair, enterprise, fling, venture). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'険 (risk, venture). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼうけ�" (autopsy, necropsy, risk, venture, watching from afar), アバンチュール , アドベンチャー . (various references)

Korean 

모험 (Adventuring, Adventurous). (various references)

Manx

cur ayns contoyrtys. (various references)

Norwegian

opplevelse, eventyr (fairytale). (various references)

Papiamen

aventura. (various references)

Pig Latin

adventureay

Portuguese

aventura (experience). (various references)

Romanian

aventurã, se aventura (dare, hazard, risk, venture), risca (chance, dare, gamble, go off the deep end, hazard, pawn, risk, stake, take one's chance, venture, wager), pune în joc (bring into play, call into play, stake), pãtãranie (trouble), pãţanie (accident, happening, trouble), ispravã (deed, exploit, feat, stunt, success, trick), hazarda (hazard, risk, venture), hazard (chance, hazard, risk), întâmplare (accident, case, chance, contingency, event, fact, fate, hap, happening, happenstance, hazard, incidence, incident, luck, occasionality, occurrence, passage). (various references)

Russian 

авантюра (venture). (various references)

Scottish

driodfhortan (misfortune). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

avanturistički (picaresque), avantura, pustolovina, događaj (development, event, happening, incidence, occurrence), doživljaj (experience). (various references)

Spanish

aventura (adventurousness, affair, escapade, hazard, venture). (various references)

Swedish

äventyr (hazardous venture, risk). (various references)

Turkish

atılmak (burst, dart, dash, embark, embark upon, fling, fly, hurl oneself, launch out into, leap, make a dash, plunge, rip into, rush, shoot ahead, stand out, stand out against, start in, take a step, throw on, throw oneself into, throw upon, walk the plank), yeltenmek (attempt), vurgunculuk (jobbery, profiteering), tehlikeye atmak (endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay on the line, pawn, peril, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture), tehlikeli iş (warm work), spekülasyon (spec, speculation), serüven, riske atmak (compromise, gamble, jeopardize, lay on the line, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture, wager), risk (chance, fear, hazard, jeopardy, risk, venture), macera (affair, business, business deal, case, cloak-and-dagger, exploit, flirt, flirtation, gallantry, matter, romance). (various references)

Ukranian 

ризикувати (accept risks, boggle, dare, endanger, gamble, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, risk, run the risk, run the venture, take the risk, venture, wager), ризикова справа, ризик (chance, danger, die, hazard, peril, risk), комерційна спекуляція, відважуватися (risk), відбуватися випадково (bechance), випадкова подія, випадок (accident, case, chance, contingency, contingent, event, fortuity, happening, incident, incidental, occasion, occurrence, occurrent, tidings), насмілюватися (hazard), наважуватися (dare, presume, venture), авантюра (gamble, venture), пригода (affair, episode, experience, incidental, occurrence, occurrent). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc l� m táo bạo sự nguy hiểm, việc l� m mạo hiểm, sự phiêu lưu, sự mạo hiểm, sự hiểm nghèo sự việc bất ngờ sự may rủi. (various references)

Welsh

anturio (venture), anturiaeth (enterprise), antur (attempt, venture). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "adventure": adventured, adventurer, adventurers, adventures, adventuresome, adventuresomeness, adventuresomenesses, adventuress, adventuresses. (additional references)

Words ending with "adventure": misadventure, peradventure. (additional references)

Words containing "adventure": misadventures, peradventures. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Adventure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adendorf, advanture, Adventide, Adventu, adventura, Aventura, aventure, Cadcentre, edventure. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: denature, underate, undereat, ventured.

-2 letters: averted, daunter, denture, natured, nervate, ravened, retuned, tenured, unrated, untread, vaunted, vaunter, venture, verdant, veteran.

-3 letters: advent, advert, anteed, ardent, avenue, derate, earned, endear, endure, entera, enured, evader, nature, neared, neater, nerved, neuter, ranted, reaved, redate, rented, retune, tavern, teared, tender, tenure, tundra, tureen, turned, unread, vender, vendue, vented, venter.

-4 letters: anted, antre, arete, avert, dater, daunt, daven, deave, denar, derat, deter, drave, duvet, eared, eaten, eater, eaved, enate, ender, endue, enter, enure, etude, evade, event, evert, nerve, never, nuder, ranee, rated, raved, raven, reave, redan, rente, revet, revue, tared, terne, trade, trave, tread, treed, treen, trend, trued, tuned, tuner, undee, under, urate, vaned, vaunt, veena, venae, venue, vertu.

-5 letters: ante, aunt, aver, dare, darn, dart, date, daut, dean, dear, deer, deet, dene, dent, dere, deva, drat, dree, duet, dune, dunt, dura, dure, durn, earn, eave, erne, etna, even, ever, nard, nave, near, neat, need, nerd, neve, nude, nurd, rand, rant, rate, rave, read, rede, reed, rend, rent, rete, rude, rued, rune, runt, tare, tarn, tear, teed, teen, tend, tern, trad, tree, true, tuna, tune, turd, turn, unde, urea, uvea, vane, vatu, veer, vena, vend, vent, vera, vert.

+1 letter: adventured, adventurer, adventures, untraveled.

+2 letters: adventurers, adventuress, rejuvenated, underactive, unharvested, untraversed.

+3 letters: misadventure, peradventure, unadvertised.

+4 letters: adventuresome, adventuresses, countervailed, misadventures, outmaneuvered, overcautioned, overeducating, overeducation, peradventures, unabbreviated.

+5 letters: overadjustment, overeducations, predevaluation, valetudinaries.

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