adventure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a wild and exciting undertaking that may involve an element of danger or trouble

   We went on an adventure to discover the old treasure.

2. 2
   verb

   to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   We'll have to adventure.

3. 3
   verb

   to put at risk

   I'll adventure it.

4. 4
   noun

   A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

   his sense of adventure

5. 5
   noun

   A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

   a life full of adventures

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   A text adventure or an adventure game.

   The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure.

8. 8
   noun

   Risk; danger; peril.

   He was in great adventure of his life.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar 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…