venture

English Online Dictionary. What means venture‎? What does venture mean?

English

Etymology

Clipping of adventure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ven‧ture

Noun

venture (plural ventures)

1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

   Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
3. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

   Synonym: stake

Hyponyms

• business venture
• joint venture

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)

1. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
2. (transitive) To risk or offer.
3. (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
4. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.

5. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
6. (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.

Derived terms

• venture capital

Related terms

• venturesome
• venturous

Translations

Further reading

• “venture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “venture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /venˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: ven‧tù‧re

Adjective

venture

1. feminine plural of venturo

Noun

venture f

1. plural of ventura

Latin

Participle

ventūre

1. vocative masculine singular of ventūrus