venture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ven‧ture
Noun[edit]
venture (plural ventures)
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 30:
- My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings 22:34:
- A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- Synonym: stake
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
A risky or daring undertaking or journey
Verb[edit]
venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (Can we date this quote?), John Dryden, Jr., The Satires of D. J. Juvenalis, Translated Into English Verse[1], Satire 14:
- who freights a ship to venture on the seas
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- to venture funds
- to venture a guess
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it.
- 1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses:
- Till then they had only exchanged glances of the most casual but now under the brim of her new hat she ventured a look at him and the face that met her gaze there in the twilight, wan and strangely drawn, seemed to her the saddest she had ever seen.
- (intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- to venture a horse to the West Indies
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- 1711, Joseph Addison, “No. 21, Saturday, March 24, 1710-11”, in The Spectator[2]:
- A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
- (transitive) To say something.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to undertake a risky journey
to risk
to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success
Further reading[edit]
- venture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- venture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ure
Adjective[edit]
venture
Noun[edit]
venture f
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
ventūre
