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Venture   /vˈɛntʃər/   Listen
Venture

noun
1.
Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.
2.
An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.  Synonym: speculation.
3.
A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit.
verb
(past & past part. ventured; pres. part. venturing)
1.
Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.  Synonym: embark.
2.
Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.  Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend.  "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
3.
Put at risk.  Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake.



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"Venture" Quotes from Famous Books



... meetings were always well attended, and so great was the desire of the people to be present, that some came at the hazard of their lives; especially the sisters, who, when they had no boat of their own, would venture across bays some miles in breadth, sitting behind their husbands on their narrow kaiaks. The number of printed books circulated in the congregations, and now constantly increasing, kept alive the desire to learn to read and understand the ...
— The Moravians in Labrador • Anonymous
... considered as little better than servants. Yet once on board an equality prevailed, in which, if any claimed superiority, it was the bravest and brightest. After a certain number of voyages the Monkshaven lad would rise by degrees to be captain, and as such would have a share in the venture; all these profits, as well as all his savings, would go towards building a whaling vessel of his own, if he was not so fortunate as to be the child of a ship-owner. At the time of which I write, there was but little division of labour in the Monkshaven whale fishery. The same ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. I • Elizabeth Gaskell
... French court-martial. Six hundred common soldiers who surrendered were sent to the galleys of Toulon to sicken among French thieves and murderers. The cruelty of the conqueror, the heroism of the conquered, gave to Schill's ill-planned venture the importance of a great act of patriotic martyrdom. Another example had been given of self-sacrifice in the just cause. Schill's faults were forgotten; his memory deepened the passion with which all the braver ...
— History of Modern Europe 1792-1878 • C. A. Fyffe
... from early morning till late at night, our own hardly ever venture near. The opinion is that our trenches cannot protect troops during a barrage of the shortest duration, owing to ...
— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs
... permit us [to enjoy] them. I have books; also a room that shall [be your own], and a [pony] off which I can shoot, which I will engage shall neither tumble himself or allow you to tumble in any excursion on which you may venture. Dear Anne will find and make my womenkind as happy as you will make me, and we have only to beg you to stay long and be most cordially welcome. ... Adieu, dear Scott. I fear you will not come for all I can say. I could almost lose a tooth or a finger (if ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott


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