venture
Other forms: ventured; ventures; venturing
A venture is a risky undertaking. If your latest venture is a dog food store, you hope there are some hungry dogs around. Also, to venture is to go somewhere possibly dangerous, like if you venture out into a snowstorm.
Venture is a shortened form of adventure. This happened sometime between 1100 CE and 1400 CE during the time that Middle English was spoken. While the two words are similar in meaning, when you subtract the ad, you lose a teaspoon or two of fun, and add a heaping tablespoon of risk.
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any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
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joint venture
a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise
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experiment
a venture at something new or different
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campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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sally, sallying forth
a venture off the beaten path
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danger, peril, risk
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
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foreign direct investment
a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
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ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign
an organized program of advertisements
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anti-war movement
a campaign against entering or continuing a war
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charm campaign
a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support
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consumerism
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
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campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort
a campaign to raise money for some cause
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feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement
the movement aimed at equal rights for women
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gay lib, gay liberation movement
the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
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lost cause
a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
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reform
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
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war
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
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youth crusade, youth movement
political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
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chance
a risk involving danger
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crapshoot
a risky and uncertain venture
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gamble
a risky act or venture
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labor, project, task, undertaking
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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speculation
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gamble
money that is risked for possible monetary gain
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smart money
money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
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pyramid
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
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bet, stake, stakes, wager
the money risked on a gamble
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investment, investment funds
money that is invested with an expectation of profit
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a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
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business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
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business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
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proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
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put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
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anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
make a prediction about; tell in advance
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surmise, suspect
imagine to be the case or true or probable
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read
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
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outguess, second-guess
attempt to anticipate or predict
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augur
predict from an omen
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bet, wager
maintain with or as if with a bet
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calculate, forecast, project
predict in advance
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prophesy, vaticinate
predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
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speculate
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
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put at risk
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adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake
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lay on the line, put on the line, risk
expose to a chance of loss or damage
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lay on the line, put on the line, risk
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Vocabulary lists containing venture
When war destroys their life in Syria, Nuri Ibrahim tries to hold onto hope that he and his grieving wife will survive the dangerous journey to a new home.
When almost-eight-year-old Georgie Burgess wins a rosebush from a Florida grocery store, he seeks to give it the tender-loving home that he has never known.
Oyuna of the Kerait tribe recounts how she pursued her dream of racing across the Mongolian steppes as a youth despite being crippled by a horse.
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