adventure

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
  2. verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  3. verb put at risk

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking

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