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adventure
  1. 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.
  2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event
  3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  4. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things
  5. (video game) A text adventure or an adventure game.
  6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap
  7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
  8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “The expedition was a bold adventure in deep-sea exploration that would imperil the crew.”
      “There was a feeling of adventure in the air as we embarked on our hike through the wilderness.”
adventurer
  1. One who enjoys adventures
  2. A person who seeks a fortune in new and/or dangerous enterprises.
  3. A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
  4. A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means
  5. (video game) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I see an intrepid adventurer plodding blindly through a world of booby traps, goblins, jesters and dragons.”
      “He became known as a gambling adventurer with a dubious German title trying his luck abroad.”
      “Prince Rupert, who leagued himself with the Frenchmen to obtain a charter for his fur trade, had been an adventurer of the high seas.”
adventurism
  1. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. [from 19th c.]
  2. (politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. [from 20th c.]
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because he believes modern-day adventurism of this sort cannot work and is unnecessary.”
      “These awkward facts, combined with a formidable military capability, go a long way towards explaining the current colonialist adventurism.”
      “We must concentrate on creating conditions to restrain militarism and military adventurism in the world.”
adventurist
  1. Someone who is into adventurism.
  2. A politician involved in adventurism.
  3. Examples:
    1. “A single adventurist move can have catastrophic consequences for millions of people.”
      “They rightly fear that the adventurist posture may prove very costly to their own interests, even to survival.”
      “Unleash the ultimate adventurist in you and set up camp at a nearby lakefront site.”
adventuresomeness
  1. The state or quality of being adventuresome.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The jokes are fragile and easily turn unfunny because they don't really turn on any actual adventuresomeness on the comic's part.”
      “Astaire was a virtuoso dancer, able to convey lighthearted adventuresomeness or deep emotion when called for.”
      “His boyhood was nothing spectacular, but he did not lack that adventuresomeness and courage which form the backbone of any leader.”
adventuress
  1. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In 1871 an English adventuress named Lucy Walker became the first woman to summit the mountain.”
      “It's instructive to see her as the aristocratic adventuress in the 18 th-century potboiler The Affair of the Necklace.”
      “Not only that, she was a divorced American adventuress who had designs on the popular and charming Prince.”
adventurousness
  1. The quality of being adventurous.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I think the problem was a lack of adventurousness on the part of the so-called independent studios.”
      “He lacks the adventurousness of others known for similar roles, appearing stuffy, staid, and stoic by comparison.”
      “She brought absolute mastery and compelling musical adventurousness to one of the most difficult works in the repertoire.”
adventurement
  1. (obsolete) adventure.
adventuring
adventurements
  1. plural of adventurement
adventurings
  1. plural of adventuring
adventurists
  1. plural of adventurist
adventurisms
  1. plural of adventurism
adventuresses
adventurers
  1. plural of adventurer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The adventurers were so called because they lent or adventured money to parliament.”
      “The Polar Race, which will last between 30 and 40 days, has been organised by two of Britain's leading modern day adventurers.”
      “The eight adventurers crossed the finish line rafted up together, welcomed by a wonderful group of volunteers, staff and families.”
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