Found 4 items, similar to Adventure.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: adventure
petualangan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: adventure
pengembaraan, petualangan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: adventure
adventure
v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
“When you
buy these stocks you are gambling” [syn:
gamble,
chance,
risk,
hazard,
take chances,
run a risk,
take a chance
]
2: put at risk;
“I will stake my good reputation for this”
[syn:
venture,
hazard,
stake,
jeopardize]
adventure
n : a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
[syn:
escapade,
risky venture,
dangerous undertaking]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Adventure
Adventure
\Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See
Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
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Adventure
\Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter,
anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire,
adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the
sense of
“to happen, befall.” See Advene.]
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1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;
hence, chance of danger or loss.
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Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she
must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him
individually. --Milton.
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2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]
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He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.
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3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking
enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be
encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.
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He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay.
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4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring
incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.
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5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a
venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that
the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.
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Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.
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Adventure
\Ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
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I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak.
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