venture
Plural: ventures
Noun
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
Verb
Verb Forms: ventured, venturing, ventures
- To undertake a risky or daring journey or activity.
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
- To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- To risk or offer.
- To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- To put or send on a venture or chance.
- To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- To say something; to offer an opinion.
Examples
- He had to VENTURE a bluff, hoping his opponent wouldn’t challenge his word.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- to venture a guess
- to venture a horse to the West Indies
- to venture funds
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of adventure.
Synonyms
adventure, embark, guess, hazard, jeopardize, pretend, speculation, stake, accident, activity, chance, contingency, contingent, doings, endeavor, enterprise, eventuality, fare, journey, possibility, potentiality, pursuance, pursuit, sith, trip, undertaking, venture
Scrabble Score: 10
venture: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordventure: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
venture: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary