Venture

Definitions: Venture

Venture

Noun

1. Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.

2. An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it".

3. A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit.

Verb

1. Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer".

2. Put forward, of a guess; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again".

3. Express in spite of possible refutation.

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

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

Synonyms: Venture

Synonyms: speculation (n), adventure (v), embark (v), guess (v), hazard (v), jeopardize (v), stake (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.
Courage	Verb: be courageous; Adjective: dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy.
Danger	Noun: danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness; instability; defenselessness; Adjective: exposure; (liability); vulnerability; vulnerable point, heel of Achilles; forlorn hope; (hopelessness).
	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).
	Adverb: experimentally; Adjective:; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb. if one may be so bold.
Intention	Speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke; (uncertainty); fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer; limit.
	Risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.
	En passant, by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at a venture, at haphazard.
Undertaking	Noun: undertaking; compact; adventure, venture; engagement; (promise); enterprise, emprise; pilgrimage; matter in hand; (business ); move; first move; (beginning).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sir, If I may venture an opinion (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) There's this new venture in California: moving pictures. (Shanghai Knights; writing credit: Alfred Gough; Miles Millar) All they see is another faceless corporate venture! Not a plan for world conquest! (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) Though I know should be wary, Still I venture someplace scary! (Beetlejuice; writing credit: Manfred Purzer)
Movie/TV Titles	Bold Venture (1959) Dark Venture (1956) Canadian Venture (1956) Secret Venture (1955) China Venture (1953)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	BHL Venture Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) TFG Venture Capital AG & Co KGaA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Venture Catalyst Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Venture Link Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Bigwig Briefs: Startups Keys to Success - Industry Experts Reveal the Secrets to Launching a Successful New Venture (reference) Infrastructure Sharing Comes to the United States: Cingular and VoiceStream Announce a Joint Venture [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Venture Catalyst: The Five Strategies for Explosive Corporate Growth (reference) Term Sheets & Valuations - An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (reference) Venture in History the Production Publication and Sale of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Alberta Venture (reference) American Venture (reference) Asian Venture Capital Journal (reference) National Venture Capital Association Yearbook (reference) New Venture Review Minnesota (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Joint Venture (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Garmin eTrex Venture 1 MB GPS with PC Cable (reference) Nortel Promo Venture with Answering Device Black (reference) Nortel Venture with Answering Device Ash (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	And you never venture within the three-mile limit Captain? : No, sir ...Credit: Library of Congress.		Bourne, Oregon. Crumbling buildings in a ghost mining town. The town came into existence in the 1870s and was notorious for the wildcat venture. Exodus from the camp occured in 1906 and most of the mines have remained closed. In the 1940 Oregon state guid.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Virginia Woolf : indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Aesop	Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Emily Dickinson	Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
Horace	Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Titus Maccius Plautus	The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	This is no time for generalities, and I will venture to be precise. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	But really, I could almost venture, if Harriet would sit to me.
Through the Looking-Glass	Carroll, Lewis	Which Alice did not venture to deny.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His second impulse was to remain, and to venture at least one question.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	And last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide and seek in my hair.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	He has no venture in the present.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Establish a manufacturing joint venture with a Chinese partner. (references)
		Steelcase has a joint venture manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia. (references)
		Last year an Uzbek-turkish joint venture, UMT-radio, officially opened. (references)
Civil Liberties	Armenia	Newspapers are privately owned with the exception of Hayastani Hanrapetutyun (a joint venture between Parliament and the newspaper's staff) and Respublica Armenia. (references)
	Benin	TV5, a commercial venture with investments by television broadcasting organizations in France, Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland, broadcasts locally 24 hours per day entirely in French under an agreement with the Government. (references)
	Sao Tome and Principe	However, the only domestic Internet service provider was a joint venture in which the Government's Post and Telecommunications Office was a partner, and the cost of Internet access remained high; consequently, access remained limited in practice. (references)
Economic History	Albania	A few venture capital funds invest in Albania. (references)
	Venezuela	Only registration of the venture with SIEX is required. (references)
	Chad	Chadian law permits and encourages joint venture partnerships. (references)
Political Economy	OMAN	The Indian government in June 2000 finally approved the proposed Sur fertilizer plant, a joint venture between the Omani Government and Indian State investors. (references)
	VENEZUELA	The law, enacted in November 2001, will increase royalty payments owed by investors and will require that the state control at least 51 percent of each joint venture. (references)
	COLOMBIA	Foreign law firms can operate in Colombia only by forming a joint venture with a Colombian law firm and operating under the licenses of the Colombian lawyers in the firm. (references)
Trade	Saudi Arabia	SOLC is the IFC's first joint venture in Saudi Arabia. (references)
	Uk	The venture capital industry in the UK is now well developed. (references)
	Finland	Today, there are about 35 venture capital companies in Finland. (references)
Travel	New Zealand	Applicants must demonstrate that they have the background, ability, skills, and investment capital for their proposed business venture. (references)
	Laos	SINCE THE EMPHASIS PLACED ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IS SO HIGH, HAVING A RELIABLE AND WELL-CONNECTED LOCAL AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE IS OFTEN CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A FOREIGN VENTURE. (references)
	Yemen	TeleYemen, an Anglo-Yemeni joint venture that operates the country's international and cellular phone network, opened Yemen's first Internet node in 1997. Two private sector companies started operating in February 2001 the GSM cellular phone network. (references)
Worker Rights	Cape Verde	Praia has a 30-acre export processing zone (EPZ), which houses two Portuguese companies and a Cape Verdean-Sengalese joint venture. (references)
	Vietnam	The official monthly minimum wage of $12 (180,000 dong) outside the foreign-invested joint venture sector is inadequate to provide a worker and family with a decent standard of living. (references)
	Korea	The minimum wage for workers in the FEZ is approximately $80 per month; in foreign-owned and joint venture enterprises outside the FEZ the minimum wage is reportedly close to $110 per month. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EVERLASTING, adj. Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
William H. Taft	1909-1913	I venture this as a suggestion only, for the course to be taken by Congress, upon the call of the Executive, is wholly within its discretion.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	While this effort will not proceed due to the election result, I hope the incoming Administration will proceed with a similar venture.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Still others hesitate to venture out on the streets for fear of criminal violence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Venture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.44% of the time. "Venture" is used about 2,142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	81.44%	1,744	4,824
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	10.82%	232	19,713
Lexical Verb (base form)	5.41%	116	29,969
Noun (proper)	1.82%	39	55,036
Noun (common)	0.51%	11	106,044
Total	100.00%	2,142	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "venture" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Venture	Last name	170	53,593
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "venture": at a venture ♦ back a venture ♦ Citicorp Venture Capitals ♦ draw a bow at a venture ♦ drawing a bow at venture ♦ equity joint venture ♦ hazardous venture ♦ joint venture ♦ joint venture account ♦ nothing venture nothing have ♦ risky venture ♦ run the venture ♦ Techno Venture Management ♦ To venture at ♦ To venture on ♦ to venture upon ♦ venture capital ♦ venture capitalist ♦ venture forth ♦ venture on ♦ venture to do smth. ♦ venture upon. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "venture": venture-backed, venture-capital.
	Ending with "venture": joint-venture.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "venture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		aandurf (dare, dare to fight, stand up to). (various references)

Albanian		sprovë (essay, flyer), sipërmarrje (enterprise, project, undertaking), rrezikoj (adventure, chance, endanger, gamble, go off the deep end, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, oppose, risk), provoj (assay, attest, demonstrate, deprive, essay, establish, experience, fit on, make good, manifest, presume, pretend, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, suffer, taste, test, try, try on, try out, validate, witness), projekt (blueprint, conception, design, device, plan, project, proposals, scheme), përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, push, skirmish, stroke, try, whack), ndërmarrje (development, enterprise, establishment, project, undertaking, work), marr në sy (envisage), kuturis (adventure, chance), guxoj (dare, have courage, have the nerve, hazard), aventurë (adventure, escapade, experience). (various references)

Arabic		‏مغامرة (adventure, adventurousness, enterprise, escapade, flier, flyer, foolhardiness, gamble, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, throw), ‏مضاربة (plunge, rigging), ‏مخاطرة (endangering, hazard, risk), ‏مجازفة (adventure, adventurousness, endangering, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, temerity), ‏مال مغامر به, ‏مشروع (design, enacted, enterprise, idea, legislated, licit, plan, project, schema, scheme, undertaking), ‏قام بمغامرة, ‏غامر ب, ‏غامر (adventure, buccaneer, flooding, gamble, jeopard, jeopardize, overwhelming), ‏تجرأ على. (various references)

Bulgarian		смея (dare, daresay), рискувам (adventure, chance, dare, gamble, hazard, jeopardize, pawn, risk, stake, take a chance, take a risk, tempt), рискована сума, рискована работа, рискована постъпка, риск (adventure, cast, chance, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk), търговска спекулация, осмелявам се (adventure, dare, hazard, presume), заложени пари, залагам (lay, lay down, mortgage, pawn, pledge, pop, put, put up, shoot, stake), авантюра (adventure, flier), поставям на карта (hazard), посмявам (dare), позволявам си (afford, indulge, presume). (various references)

Chinese		事业 (Career, undertaking). (various references)

Czech		zkusit (to try, try, try on), troufat si (dare, make bold, presume), riziko (chance, gamble, hazard, peril, risk), riskovat (chance one's luck, gamble, hazard, live dangerously, put one's head in to lion's mouth, risk, take a chance), riskantní podnik, pokus (attempt, bid, effort, experiment, shot, test, touch, trial, try), hazardní podnik, dobrodružství (adventure), dát v sázku (hazard, risk), cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, drive, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, path, pathway, ride, road, route, tour, track, trail, travel, trip, voyage, walk, way), akce (action, activity, campaign, drive). (various references)

Danish		riskere (hazard, risk). (various references)

Dutch		zich wagen aan (dare), aandurven (dare, dare to fight, stand up to). (various references)

Esperanto		riski (hazard, risk), kuraĝi entrepreni (dare). (various references)

Faeroese		vága (dare, hazard, risk). (various references)

Farsi		معامله قماری , مخاطره (Adventure, Hazard, Jeopardy, Menace, Peril, Risk), مبادرت , جسارت (Audacity, Effrontery, Insolence, Presumption, Spleen, Temerity), جرات (Courage, Gut, Mettle, Spirit, Spunk), اقدام یامبادرت کردن به , اقدام بکارمخاطره میز, ریسک (Risk). (various references)

Finnish		vaarantaa (endanger, hazard, risk), poraushanke. (various references)

French		risquer, entreprise. (various references)

Frisian		oandoare (dare, dare to fight, stand up to), noedzje (hazard, risk). (various references)

German		wagen (baby carriage, bus, car, caravan, carriage, cars, cart, coach, dare, dared, durst, hauled stock, hazard, machine, pram, railway carriage, risk, to risk, to take a chance, trailer stock, trailling stock, trolley, trollies, trolly, truck, Van, vehicle, vehicles, vehicular, waggon, wagon, wain), riskieren (chance, gamble, hazard, peril, risk, to risk). (various references)

Greek		αποτολμώ (embark on, have the cheek, hazard, presume, risk), τολμώ (dare, presume). (various references)

Hebrew		מפעל (deed, enterprise, project, undertaking, work), ל�"עז (be bold, dare), ל�"�"ין (chance, dare, hazard), פרויקט (project), �"עפל�" (audacity, blockade running, daring, immigration, mountaineering), �"עז�" (audacity, bravado, daring, hazard, impertinence, insolence, nerve, temerity), �"רפתק�" (adventure, escapade), �"ר�"ב�" (daring), סכון (danger, endangering, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk). (various references)

Hungarian		vállalkozás (enterprise, expedience, expediency, proposition, task, undertaking), kockázat (adventure, bubble, chance, hazard, jeopardy, risk). (various references)

Indonesian		usaha (effort, endeavour), tega (dare, to have the heart (nerve) to), pergi (away, betake, depart), mengajukan (indict, lodge, propose, put a motion, remand, send, set forward, tender), mempertaruhkan. (various references)

Italian		arrischiare (hazard, risk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�'険 (adventure, risk). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぼうけ�" (adventure, autopsy, necropsy, risk, watching from afar). (various references)

Korean		합작. (various references)

Manx		ventyr (undertaking), ventreil. (various references)

Papiamen		riska (hazard, risk). (various references)

Pig Latin		enturevay

Portuguese		risco (chance, danger, design, gamble, hazard, in jeopardy, peril, risk, scratch, streak, stroke, threat, wildcat). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		aventuramos. (various references)

Romanian		se aventura (adventure, dare, hazard, risk), risca (adventure, chance, dare, gamble, go off the deep end, hazard, pawn, risk, stake, take one's chance, wager). (various references)

Russian		ставка (amount of bet, ante, general headquarters, punt, rate, stake, wage rate, wager, wage-rate), спекуляция (agiotage, profiteering, spec, speculation, spivvery), рисковать (adventure, gamble, gamble with, hazard, stand the hazard, take a chance), рискованное предприятие (gamble), затея (contrivance, device, ploy, scheme), авантюра (adventure), посметь (dare). (various references)

Scottish		meantairig. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		usuditi se (dare), opasan poduhvat (hazard), izložiti se opasnosti (risk). (various references)

Spanish		empresa (business, car dealership, company, concern, employer, employment, enterprise, enterpriser, entrepreneur, firm, gamble, industry, proposition, task, undertaking), arriesgar (dare, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, risk, run the risk, take a chance). (various references)

Swedish		våga (be bold, Crimp, dare, hazard, risk), riskera (adventure, chance on, dare, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, peril, risk), vågstycke (enterprise, enterprises), tilltag (prank, trick), drista sig (be bold enough to, dare, presume). (various references)

Turkish		tehlikeye atmak (adventure, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay on the line, pawn, peril, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake), tehlikeli girişim (leap in the dark), teşebbüs (approach, attempt, bid, enterprise, fist), riske atmak (adventure, compromise, gamble, jeopardize, lay on the line, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, wager), riske atılan şey, risk (adventure, chance, fear, hazard, jeopardy, risk), girişim (approach, attempt, bid, effort, enterprise, essay, fist, go, initiative, interference, ploy, shot, show, step, trial, undertaking), göze almak (chance, envisage, face, face up to, risk, take the chance), cesaret etmek (adventure oneself, dare, make bold to, take the liberty to do), cüret etmek (dare, have the face to, have the nerve to, make bold to, take liberties with, take the liberty to do), cüret (audacity, boldness, brass, chutzpa, chutzpah, daring, derring-do, forwardness, front, hardihood, hardiness, nerve, presumption, temerity), şans işi (toss up). (various references)

Turkmen		kдrhana (undertaking). (various references)

Ukranian		спекулювати (gamble, profiteer, speculate), спекуляція (jobbery, spec, speculation), ризикувати (accept risks, adventure, boggle, dare, endanger, gamble, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, risk, run the risk, run the venture, take the risk, wager), наважуватися (adventure, dare, presume), авантюра (adventure, gamble). (various references)

Vietnamese		việc mạo hiểm, liều (devil-may-care, hazardous, precarious, rash, risky, venturesome, wildcat). (various references)

Welsh		mentro (hazard), mentr (hazard), anturio (adventure), antur (adventure, attempt). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	audeam, audeant, audeas, audeat, audebant, audebat, audebit, audebunt, audemus, audentes, audeo, audere, auderet, audet, ausi, ausus, conor, praesumo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Kings Chapter 22, Verse 34
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eneteinen eiV to toxon eustocwV kai epataxen ton basilea israhl ana meson tou pneumonoV kai ana meson tou qwrakoV kai eipen tw hniocw autou epistreyon taV ceiraV sou kai exagage me ek tou polemou oti tetrwmai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Unus autem quidam tetendit arcum in incertum sagittam dirigens et casu percussit regem Israhel inter pulmonem et stomachum at ille dixit aurigae suo verte manum tuam et eice me de exercitu quia graviter vulneratus sum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	A maner man bente a boowe, into vncerteyn dressynge an arowe, and bi hap he smoot the kyng of Irael bytwixe the lunge and the stomak. And he seide to hys charyeter, Turn thin hond, and cast out me fro the oost, for greuousli Y am woundid.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Kings Chapter 22, Verse 34
Bulgarian	А един човек стреля без да мери, и удари Израилевия цар между ставите на бронята му; за това той рече на колесничаря си: Обърни ръката си та ме изведи из сражението, защото съм тежко ранен.
Cebuano	Ug may usa ka tawo nga mingpana sa iyang pana nga dili tinuyo, ug naigo ang hari sa Israel sa taliwala sa sinumpayan sa salokot: busa siya miingon sa cochero sa iyang carro: Pabalika ang imong kamot, ug dad-a ako gawas sa panon; kay daku ang akong pagkasamad.
Chinese	有一人隨便開 �" 、恰巧射入以色列王的 �"� 縫裡．王對趕車的說、我受了重傷． � 轉過車來、拉我出陣罷。
Croatian	Jedan nasumce odape luk i ustrijeli izraelskog kralja izmeðu nabora pojasa i oklopa. Kralj reèe vozaèu: "Okreni, izvedi me iz boja jer mi nije dobro."
Danish	Men en Mand, der skød en Pil af på Lykke og Fromme, ramte Israels Konge mellem Remmene og Brynjen. Da sagde han til sin Vognstyrer: "Vend og før mig ud af Slaget, thi jeg er såret!"
Dutch	Toen spande een man den boog in zijn eenvoudigheid, en schoot den koning van Israel tussen de gespen en tussen het pantsier. Toen zeide hij tot zijn voerman: Keer uw hand, en voer mij uit het leger, want ik ben zeer verwond.
Finnish	Mutta eräs mies, joka oli jännittänyt jousensa ja ampui umpimähkään, satutti Israelin kuningasta vyöpanssarin ja rintahaarniskan väliin. Niin tämä sanoi vaunujensa ohjaajalle: "Käännä vaunut ja vie minut pois sotarinnasta, sillä minä olen haavoittunut".
French	Alors un homme tira de son arc au hasard, et frappa le roi d`Israël au défaut de la cuirasse. Le roi dit � celui qui dirigeait son char: Tourne, et fais-moi sortir du champ de bataille, car je suis blessé.
German	Ein Mann aber spannte den Bogen von ungefähr und schoß den König Israels zwischen Panzer und Wehrgehänge. Und er sprach zu seinem Fuhrmann: Wende deine Hand und führe mich aus dem Heer, denn ich bin wund!
Haitian Creole	Lè sa a, yon sòlda peyi Siri a rete konsa li voye yon flèch. Flèch la al pran Akab, wa Izrayèl la, nan fant rad lagè ki te sou li a. Wa a di sòlda ki t'ap mennen cha li a: -Kase tèt tounen. Annou kite batay la, paske mwen blese grav.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Secara kebetulan seorang prajurit Siria melepaskan anak panahnya, tanpa mengarahkannya ke sasaran tertentu. Tetapi anak panah itu mengenai Ahab dan menembus baju perangnya pada bagian sambungannya. "Aku kena!" seru Ahab kepada pengemudi keretanya. "Putar dan bawalah aku keluar dari pertempuran!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pada ketika itu adalah seorang rakyat mengedangkan busurnya dengan tiada sengajanya, lalu memanah kena baginda raja orang Israel antara perhubungan baju zirha. Maka titah baginda kepada orang yang mengepalakan ratanya: Balikkanlah rata dengan tanganmu dan hantarlah akan daku keluar dari dalam peperangan, karena aku telah luka parah.
Italian	Ma un uomo tese a caso l'arco e colpì il re di Israele fra le maglie dell'armatura e la corazza. Il re disse al suo cocchiere: «Gira, portami fuori della mischia, perché sono ferito».
Korean	한 사 람 이 우 연 히 활 을 당 기 어 이 스 라 엘 왕 의 갑 옷 �" 기 를 쏜 지 라 왕 이 그 병 거 모 �" 자 에 게 이 르 되 내 가 부 상 하 였 으 니 네 손 을 돌 이 켜 나 로 군 중 에 서 나 가 게 하 라 하 였 으 나
Maori	Na ka kumea te kopere e tetahi tangata, he mea noa iho, tu tonu te kingi o Iharaira i waenga pu o te hononga iho o te pukupuku. Na ka mea ia ki te kaiarataki o tana hariata, Tahuri tou ringa; kawea atu ahau i roto i te ope; kua tu hoki ahau, he tu kino.
Modern Greek	Ανθρωπος δε τις, τοξευσας ασκοπως, εκτυπησε τον βασιλεα του Ισραηλ μεταξυ των αρθρωσεων του θωρακος· ο δε ειπε προς τον ηνιοχον αυτου, Στρεψον την χειρα σου και εκβαλε με εκ του στρατευματος· διοτι επληγωθην.
Norwegian	Men en mann spente sin bue og skjøt på lykke og fromme og traff Israels konge mellem brynjeskjørtet og brynjen. Da sa han til sin vognstyrer: Vend om og før mig ut av hæren! Jeg er såret.
Portuguese	Então um homem entesou o seu arco, e atirando a esmo, feriu o rei de Israel por entre a couraça e a armadura abdominal. Pelo que ele disse ao seu carreteiro: Dá volta, e tira-me do exército, porque estou gravemente ferido.
Rumanian	Atunci un om a tras cu arcul la kntkmplare, wi a lovit pe kmpqratul lui Israel la kncheietura platowei. Kmpqratul a zis cqrquwului squ: ,,Kntoarce, wi scoate-mq din ckmpul de bqtaie, cqci sknt greu rqnit.``
Russian	б П�"ЙО ЮЕМПЧЕЛ УМХЮБКОП ОБФСОХМ МХЛ Й ТБОЙМ �"БТС йЪТБЙМШУЛПЗП УЛЧПЪШ ЫЧЩ МБФ. й УЛБЪБМ ПО УЧПЕНХ ЧПЪОЙ�"Е: � ПЧПТПФЙ ОБЪБ�" Й ЧЩЧЕЪЙ НЕОС ЙЪ ЧПКУЛБ, Й�'П С ТБОЕО.
Spanish	Entonces un hombre tiró con su arco a la ventura e hirió al rey de Israel por entre las junturas de la armadura y la coraza. Y él dijo al que guiaba su carro: --¡Da la vuelta y sácame de la batalla, porque he sido herido!
Swedish	Men en man som spände sin båge och sköt på måfå träffade Israels konung i en fog på rustningen. Då sade denne till sin körsven: "Sväng om vagnen och för mig ut ur hären, ty jag är sårad." >1 Kon. 20,42.
Thai	แต่มีชายคนหนึ่งโก่งธนูยิงเ�"าไป ถูกกษัตริย์แห่งอิสราเอลเข้าระหว่างเกล็�"เกราะและแผ่นบังพระอุระ พระองค์จึงรับสั่งคนขับรถรบว่า "หันกลับเถอะ พาเราออกจากการรบ เพราะเราบา�"เจ็บแล้ว"
Ukrainian	А один чоловік знехотя натягнув лука, та й ударив Ізраїлевого царя між підв'язанням пояса та між панцерем. А той сказав сво�"му візникові: Поверни назад, і виведи мене з табору, бо я ранений...
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "venture": ventured, venturer, venturers, ventures, venturesome, venturesomely, venturesomeness, venturesomenesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "venture": adventure, misadventure, peradventure. (additional references)
	Words containing "venture": adventured, adventurer, adventurers, adventures, adventuresome, adventuresomeness, adventuresomenesses, adventuress, adventuresses, misadventures, peradventures. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Venture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aventura, aventure, centure, tenture, vendure, ventile, Ventora, ventre, ventrue, ventry, ventu, ventue, venturen, venuer, verture. (additional references)
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "venture" (pronounced ve"nkher)
5	v e" n kh er	adventure, misadventure.
4	-e" n kh er	bencher, Clencher, debenture, denture, indenture, quencher, trencher.
3	-n kh er	clincher, cruncher, launcher, licensure, Pincher, rancher.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-n-r-t-u-v"
	-1 letter: neuter, retune, tenure, tureen, venter.
	-2 letters: enter, enure, event, evert, nerve, never, rente, revet, revue, terne, treen, tuner, venue, vertu.
	-3 letters: erne, even, ever, neve, rent, rete, rune, runt, teen, tern, tree, true, tune, turn, veer, vent, vert.
	-4 letters: ere, ern, eve, nee, net, nut, ree, ret, rev, rue, run, rut, tee, ten, tun, urn, vee, vet.
	-5 letters: en, er, et, ne, nu, re, un, ut.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-n-r-t-u-v"
	+1 letter: ventured, venturer, ventures.
	+2 letters: adventure, venturers, volunteer.
	+3 letters: adventured, adventurer, adventures, aventurine, interfluve, overhunted, overturned, rejuvenate, turnverein, uncreative, untraveled, volunteers.
	+4 letters: adventurers, adventuress, argumentive, aventurines, countermove, counterview, enterovirus, enumerative, furtiveness, interfluves, investiture, neuroactive, outmaneuver, overcounted, pulverulent, rejuvenated, rejuvenates, rejuvenator, subservient, turnvereins, unassertive, unconverted, underactive, unharvested, unreceptive, untraversed, venturesome, volunteered.
	+5 letters: circumvented, countermoved, countermoves, counterviews, interruptive, investitures, lentiviruses, misadventure, outmaneuvers, overdocument, peradventure, reevaluating, reevaluation, rejuvenating, rejuvenation, rejuvenators, remunerative, renunciative, supervenient, supervention, unadvertised, universities, unperceptive, unreflective, venipuncture, volunteering, volunteerism.
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Country	Name	Country	Name
Germany	TFG Venture Capital AG & Co KGaA	Japan	Venture Link Co., Ltd.
Malaysia	BHL Venture Berhad	Singapore	Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) Ltd.
United Kingdom	Talisman First Venture Capital Trust P.L.C.	USA	Venture Catalyst Inc.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
venture capital	1,478
venture	631
joint venture	385
venture capitalist	285
chevrolet venture	189
chevy venture	183
venture capital firm	144
bank venture	125
cybernet venture	116
yamaha venture	111
lane venture	95
tsx venture	90
venture capital company	82
venture star	76
river venture	66
venture capital list	65
business venture	62
venture capital funding	53
battery venture	51
venture industry	46
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Venture

Definitions: Venture

Venture

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Synonyms: Venture

Synonyms within Context: Venture

Affirmation

Courage

Danger

Essay

Intention

Undertaking

Crosswords: Venture

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Aesop

Emily Dickinson

Horace

Titus Maccius Plautus

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Winston S. Churchill

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Emma

Austen, Jane

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

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William H. Taft

Harry S. Truman

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

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Usage in Company Names: Venture

TFG Venture Capital AG & Co KGaA

Venture Link Co., Ltd.

BHL Venture Berhad

Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) Ltd.

Talisman First Venture Capital Trust P.L.C.

Venture Catalyst Inc.

Expression: Venture

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Venture

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