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UK
/ɐdvˈɛntʃɐ/
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[ US /ædˈvɛntʃɝ, ədˈvɛntʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ædˈvɛntʃɝ, ədˈvɛntʃɝ/ ]
VERB
-
put at risk
I will stake my good reputation for this -
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
When you buy these stocks you are gambling
NOUN
- a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
How To Use adventure In A Sentence
- Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
- In 11 volumes published between 1888 and 1894, and many years later widely published in a condensed edition, the narrator's adventures in the London demimonde are narrated in such detail as ultimately to become tiresome rather than titillating. Deborah Lutz's "Pleasure Bound," on Victorian sex rebels
- It likewise furthered the career of Mary Shelley as "The Author of Frankenstein," the rubric under which she continued her anonymous publication with a second novel immersed in medieval Italian history, Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823). Biography
- If the adventurers try to reach location 14 they will have to pass scores of biting faces and clutching hands.
- The movie is a potent brew of adventure, sex and comedy.
- Ever since his adventure in the mountains, he has been dining off the story.
- On the promotion campaign across 11 cities, the Dew Adventure Games with daredevil feats by international skate boarders and BMX bike riders drew huge crowds.
- When you hear the words, " adventure travel" , perhaps you think ofthe Venetian merchant Marco Polo, the distinguished African explorer David Livingstone, or North Pole adventurer Robert Peary.
- Popper described science as the greatest adventure in the world.
- A time when adventure came first and pure athleticism played only a minor role in the great climbing game.