OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8427

adventure

/ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aventura
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
A life full of adventures.
aventura
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.
He loved excitement and adventure.
aventura
That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 8428

adventure

/ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aventura
To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.