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at a venture

at a venture prepositional phrase: at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated) at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly
    • For when the Mind is once re-pleniſh’d with ſound and good Principles, not taken up at a Venture, but upon the most mature Deliberation, what can we reaſonably expect, but that it ſhould exert it ſelf in a ſuitable Manner upon all proper Occaſions.1713, George Oldham, A Sermon Preach’d at Bishop’s-Stortford in Hertfordshire, Aug. 25. 1713. at the Anniversary Solemnity of the School-Feast.
    • For my own part, I never in my life began a letter more at a venture than the present.1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June

at a venture meaning in Urdu and Kannada

at a venture in Urdu

اٹکل پچو, بےسوچے سمجھے

at a venture in Kannada

ಆಲೋಚಿಸದೆ, ದುಡುಕಿ, ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಪೂರ್ವಕವಲ್ಲದೆ

Origin of at a venture

From earlier at adventure, with the same meaning, from Anglo-Norman and Old French a l'aventure (“at random”).

Questions about at a venture

What does at a venture mean?
At a venture means at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly.
What is at a venture in Urdu?
At a venture in Urdu is اٹکل پچو, بےسوچے سمجھے. See At a venture meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is at a venture?
At a venture is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at a venture in the dictionary

  1. at a single stroke
  2. at a stand
  3. at a stretch
  4. at a stroke
  5. at a time
  6. at a venture
  7. at adventure
  8. at all
  9. at all adventures
  10. at all costs
  11. at all events

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at a venture (page history and authors); at a venture (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); at a venture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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