"venture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-venture.ogg Forms: ventures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of adventure. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{clipping|en|adventure}} Clipping of adventure Head templates: {{en-noun}} venture (plural ventures)
  1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey. Translations (a risky or daring undertaking or journey): ndërmarrje [feminine] (Albanian), аванту́ра (avantúra) [feminine] (Belarusian), прадпрые́мства (pradpryjémstva) (english: enterprise) [neuter] (Belarusian), авантю́ра (avantjúra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), предприя́тие (predprijátie) (english: enterprise) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aventura [feminine] (Catalan), ettevõtmine (Estonian), ავანტიურა (avanṭiura) (Georgian), Wagnis [neuter] (German), Unternehmen (english: enterprise) (German), amhantar [masculine] (Irish), avventura [feminine] (Italian), azzardo [masculine] (Italian), impresa [feminine] (Italian), ausum [neuter] (Latin), hinonga (Maori), aventura [feminine] (Portuguese), авантю́ра (avantjúra) [feminine] (Russian), риско́ванное начина́ние (riskóvannoje načinánije) [neuter] (Russian), предприя́тие (predprijátije) (english: enterprise) [neuter] (Russian), aventura [feminine] (Spanish), incursión [feminine] (Spanish), tehlikeli girişim/teşebbüs (Turkish), авантю́ра (avantjúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), підприє́мство (pidpryjémstvo) (english: enterprise) (Ukrainian), riskod (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-venture-en-noun-rULpXDm6 Disambiguation of 'a risky or daring undertaking or journey': 97 1 2
  2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen. Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
    Sense id: en-venture-en-noun-~u8a50Kb
  3. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade. Synonyms: stake
    Sense id: en-venture-en-noun-H8S5DJKX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: business venture, joint venture Derived forms: at a venture, e-venture, venture capitalism, venture capitalist

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-venture.ogg Forms: ventures [present, singular, third-person], venturing [participle, present], ventured [participle, past], ventured [past]
Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of adventure. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{clipping|en|adventure}} Clipping of adventure Head templates: {{en-verb}} venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)
  1. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey. Tags: transitive Translations (to undertake a risky journey): aventurar (Catalan), avonturieren (Dutch), s’aventurer (French), merészkedik (Hungarian), nekivág (Hungarian), avventurarsi (Italian), audeo (Latin), neþan (Old English), zapuszczać się [imperfective] (Polish), zapuścić się (Polish), aventurar-se (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-venture-en-verb-Yh3xUUyy Disambiguation of 'to undertake a risky journey': 83 3 2 5 5 2
  2. (transitive) To risk or offer. Tags: transitive Translations (to risk): рискувам (riskuvam) (Bulgarian), arriscar (Catalan), riskeren (Dutch), wagen (Dutch), risquer (French), გარისკვა (garisḳva) (Georgian), megkockáztat (Hungarian), kockáztat (Hungarian), azzardare (Italian), audeo (Latin), våge (Norwegian), arriscar (Portuguese), рискова́ть (riskovátʹ) (Russian), arriesgar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-venture-en-verb-aIea7Llr Disambiguation of 'to risk': 11 89 0 0 0 0
  3. (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Tags: intransitive Translations (to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success): дръзвам (drǎzvam) (Bulgarian), осмелявам се (osmeljavam se) (Bulgarian), oser (French), merészkedik (Hungarian), megkockáztat (Hungarian), megkísérel (Hungarian), mer (Hungarian), merészel (Hungarian), osare (Italian), 감행하다 (gamhaenghada) (Korean), audeo (Latin), våge seg (Norwegian), отваживаться (otvaživatʹsja) (Russian), धृष्णोति (dhṛṣṇoti) (Sanskrit), కడగు (kaḍagu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-venture-en-verb-jt2Xlnmx Disambiguation of 'to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success': 2 1 90 2 4 1
  4. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-venture-en-verb-z8rGTyyw
  5. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust. Tags: transitive
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  6. (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-venture-en-verb-8OkbLLCr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: venture capital Related terms: venturesome, venturous

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 30:",
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          "ref": "1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 191:",
          "text": "Other jobs which the governor entrusted to Ch'ao-tung dealt with the economic exploitation of the newly won mountain areas. In the Miao-li region, Ch'ao-tung headed an office for developing the petroleum resources discovered there.³⁸ Without much success during his tenure, the venture was later turned over to private entrepreneurs.",
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          "text": "who freights a ship to venture on the seas",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "аванту́ра"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "pradpryjémstva",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "roman": "predprijátie",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "ettevõtmine"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avanṭiura",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "ავანტიურა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "word": "amhantar"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "avventura"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "azzardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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      "word": "ausum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "hinonga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aventura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "авантю́ра"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "riskóvannoje načinánije",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "риско́ванное начина́ние"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aventura"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incursión"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "tehlikeli girişim/teşebbüs"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avantjúra",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "авантю́ра"
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      "roman": "pidpryjémstvo",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "підприє́мство"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a risky or daring undertaking or journey",
      "word": "riskod"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "text": "who freights a ship to venture on the seas",
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          "text": "to venture a guess",
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          "text": "Nothing ventured, nothing gained.",
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          "text": "I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses:",
          "text": "Till then they had only exchanged glances of the most casual but now under the brim of her new hat she ventured a look at him and the face that met her gaze there in the twilight, wan and strangely drawn, seemed to her the saddest she had ever seen.",
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          "ref": "1939 November, “What the Railways are Doing: Penda's Way—A Station built in a Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 364:",
          "text": "[...] Mrs. Bray [...] expressed amazement at the speed with which the station was completed, and ventured the opinion that private contractors could still learn something from the railway companies.",
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        "(transitive) To risk or offer."
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        "To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success."
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        "(intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success."
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          "text": "“Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "aventurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "avonturieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "s’aventurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "merészkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "nekivág"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "avventurarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "audeo"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "neþan"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zapuszczać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "zapuścić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to undertake a risky journey",
      "word": "aventurar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "riskuvam",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "рискувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "arriscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "riskeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "wagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "risquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garisḳva",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "გარისკვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "megkockáztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "kockáztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "azzardare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "audeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "våge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "arriscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "riskovátʹ",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "рискова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "arriesgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎzvam",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "дръзвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osmeljavam se",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "осмелявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "oser"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "merészkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "megkockáztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "megkísérel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "merészel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "osare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamhaenghada",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "감행하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "audeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "våge seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvaživatʹsja",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "отваживаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dhṛṣṇoti",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "धृष्णोति"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kaḍagu",
      "sense": "to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success",
      "word": "కడగు"
    }
  ],
  "word": "venture"
}

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