Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.

  2. (transitive)To dare to say or utter.

  3. (transitive)To risk or hazard; jeopard.

  4. (archaic, reflexive)To risk oneself.

    put at risk

  5. (archaic, intransitive, with infinitive)To try the chance; to take the risk.

    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

  6. (archaic, transitive)To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

    рискова́тьriskovátʹ, рискну́тьrisknútʹ

Examples

270 sentences
  1. He told us a very exciting adventure story.

    Він розповів нам, дуже захоплюючу історію пригод — zaytsev126

    ruОн рассказал нам очень захватывающую приключенческую историю. — odexed

    deEr erzählt uns eine sehr spannende Abenteuergeschichte. — riotlake

  2. I'm looking for adventure.

    Я шукаю пригод. — deniko

  3. He likes adventure.

    Він любить пригоди. — deniko

    ruОн любит приключения. — Balamax

    deEr liebt das Abenteuer. — Manfredo

  4. Tom likes adventure.

    Том любить пригоди. — deniko

    ruТом любит приключения. — nina99nv

    deTom mag Abenteuer. — pullnosemans

  5. I love adventure.

    Я люблю пригоди. — oromashka

    ruЯ обожаю приключения. — marafon

    deIch liebe das Abenteuer. — MisterTrouser

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to risk:

Origin

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

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Forms

adventures, adventuring, adventured, adventured
Base formadventure · to adventure
3rd person singularadventures
Present participleadventuring
Past simpleadventured
Past participleadventured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadventure
he, she, itadventures

Past simpleLesson

all personsadventured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adventured
he, she, ithas adventured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adventure

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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