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• adventure — adventure, enterprise, quest denote an undertaking, an exploit, or an experience involving hazards and requiring boldness. Adventure so stresses the excitement or thrills associated with the encountering of risks or hardships that the word is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• adventure — I noun endeavor, enterprise, episode, exercise, experience, exploit, happening, happenstance, operation, quest, undertaking, venture associated concepts: detour and adventure II verb chance, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, risk, run the… …   Law dictionary

• undertaking — un·der·tak·ing n 1: a promise or pledge esp. required by law 2: something (as cash or a written promise) deposited or given as security esp. in a court ◇ Undertakings are often required of one party during property actions (as for attachment) in… …   Law dictionary

• Adventure — Ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of to happen, befall. See Advene.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• adventure — [n] risky or unexpected undertaking chance, contingency, emprise, endangerment, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture; concepts 384,386 Ant …   New thesaurus

• adventure — [ad ven′chər, ədven′chər] n. [ME aventure < OFr < VL * adventura, lit., a happening < L advenire: see ADVENT] 1. the encountering of danger 2. a daring, hazardous undertaking 3. an unusual, stirring experience, often of a romantic nature …   English World dictionary

• undertaking — [n] endeavor, attempt adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outfit, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing* …   New thesaurus

• Undertaking — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Undertaking >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 undertaking undertaking Sgm: N 1 compact compact &c. 769 Sgm: N 1 adventure adventure venture Sgm: N 1 engagement engagement &c.(promise) 768 Sgm: N 1 enterp …   English dictionary for students

• Adventure — An adventure is an activity that comprises risky, dangerous and uncertain experiences. The term is more popularly used in reference to physical activities that have some potential for danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and extreme… …   Wikipedia

• Adventure (disambiguation) — An adventure is an undertaking into the unknown, often connotating danger and excitement.Adventure may also refer to:In genres: * Adventure (genre), a narrative genre * Adventure film, a film genre * Adventure game, a computer game genre *… …   Wikipedia

• adventure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. enterprise, undertaking; happening, event; risk, hazard, venture. See chance. v. embark upon; dare. See danger. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploit, venture, escapade, experience; see enterprise 1 , event …   English dictionary for students