adventure

CEFRA2

/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An exciting experience, often in an unfamiliar place.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.

Examples

  • I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure.

  • It was a daring adventure, full of thrill and excitement.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

  2. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

  3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

More examples

In context

  • Dangers give relish to an adventure.

  • a life full of adventures

  • his sense of adventure

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Origin

noun

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent + -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer.