Meaning

A risky or daring undertaking or journey..

Definitions by Sense

1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
3. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
4. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
5. (transitive) To risk or offer.
6. (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
7. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
8. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

Example Sentences

My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.

Other jobs which the governor entrusted to Ch'ao-tung dealt with the economic exploitation of the newly won mountain areas. In the Miao-li region, Ch'ao-tung headed an office for developing the petroleum resources discovered there.³⁸ Without much success during his tenure, the venture was later turned over to private entrepreneurs.

A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

who freights a ship to venture on the seas

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]

to venture funds

to venture a guess

Word Forms

• ventures
• venturing
• ventured

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When Should You Use Venture?

Use venture when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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