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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.

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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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