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Definition of Adventure

Adventure That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Risk; danger; peril. 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. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. To try the chance; to take the risk. Related Definitions: Account, And, Are, As, Be, Bold, By, Chance, Danger, Dare, Daring, Design, Encountered, Encountering, Enterprise, Event, Feat, Hap, Hazard, Hazardous, Hence, His, In, Incident, Is, Issue, Jeopard, Life, Loss, Mercantile, Merchant, Occurrence, Of, On, One, Or, Own, Peril, Remarkable, Risk, Run, Shipment, Speculative, Staked, Stirring, Striking, Take, That, The, To, Try, Undertaking, Upon, Venture, Which, Without

Adventure Quotations I like adventure. Marc Garneau Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. Gilbert K. Chesterton I like all the adventure sports but I like to do them in a safe way. Catherine Bell We in middle age require adventure. Carolyn Heilbrun

Adventure Translations adventure in Afrikaans is avontuur adventure in Danish is eventyr adventure in Dutch is avontuur, perikel, lotgeval adventure in French is aventure adventure in German is Abenteuer {n} adventure in Norwegian is opplevelse, eventyr adventure in Portuguese is aventura adventure in Spanish is aventura

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