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Definition of adventure : 1. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
3. Risk; danger; peril.
4. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
5. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
6. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
7. To try the chance; to take the risk.
8. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Synonyms:

disaster, menace, embark, bet on, peril, pretend, back, jeopardise, happen, possibility, take chances, punt, contingency, incident, game, risk, escapade, stake, lay on the line, event, take a chance, run a risk, guess, dangerous undertaking, imperil, put on the line, gamble, misadventure, post, misfortune, hap, calamity, find, hazard, jeopardize, emprise, risky venture, compromise, encounter, casualty, gage, endanger, bump, safety, experience, mishap, lark, happening, impale, threaten

chance (part of speech: noun)

coin toss, aimlessness, fortuity, fate, haphazardness, fortune, purposelessness, happenstance, chance, coincidence, luck, randomness, accident, fluke, opportunity

venture (part of speech: noun)

feat, activity, pursuit, initiative, procedure, scheme, affair, campaign, task

endeavor (part of speech: noun)

effort, performance, gambit, engagement, action, job, essay, endeavor, commitment, attempt, purpose, production, maneuver, venture, approach, contract, enterprise, deed, proceeding, undertaking, project, assay, aim, exploit

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