ADVENTURE
\ɐdvˈɛnt͡ʃə], \ɐdvˈɛntʃə], \ɐ_d_v_ˈɛ_n_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of ADVENTURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Risk; danger; peril.
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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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A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
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A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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To try the chance; to take the risk.
By Oddity Software
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Risk; danger; peril.
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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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A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
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A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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To try the chance; to take the risk.
By Noah Webster.
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A bold undertaking; a daring feat; a remarkable experience; the taking part in an uncertain enterprise.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To risk or hazard. A bill of adventure, a writing or receipt given by one who ships goods at the risk of another, binding himself to account for the proceeds of the said goods.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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