venture
Syllables: ven·tureUK/ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə//ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
venture noun: a risky or daring undertaking or journey.
Noun
venture (plural ventures)
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 30
- Other jobs which the governor entrusted to Ch'ao-tung dealt with the economic exploitation of the newly won mountain areas. In the Miao-li region, Ch'ao-tung headed an office for developing the petroleum resources discovered there.³⁸ Without much success during his tenure, the venture was later...1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 191
- Synonyms:
- enterprise, pursuit, activity, doings, endeavor, pursuance, undertaking, fare, journey, sith
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 22:34
- Synonyms:
- accident, chance, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- stake
Verb
venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)
- To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- who freights a ship to venture on the seas1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden Jun., transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English...
- A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- To risk or offer.
- to venture funds
- to venture a guess
- To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- To put or send on a venture or chance.
- to venture a horse to the West Indies
- To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.1711, Joseph Addison, “No. 21, Saturday, March 24, 1710-11”, in The Spectator
- To say something; to offer an opinion.
- “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.2000 January 28, Oliver Burkeman, quoting Heston Blumenthal, “Things that make you go yum”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
venture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
venture in Hindi
- a risky or daring undertaking or journey
- उपक्रम upakram, उद्यम udyam
venture in Tamil
- துணிகர முயற்சி, துணிகரச் செயல், துணிந்து முற்படு, துணிந்தசெயல், திறவினை
venture in Urdu
- اتفاق, جوکھم, خطرہ, قسمت آزمائی, جرات کرنا, داؤ پر لگانا
venture in Bengali
- পাশাখেলাবিশেষ, ঝুঁকি, বিপদ্, দৈব, অনিশ্চিত ভাগ্য, আকস্মিক ঘটনা
More languagesFewer languages
- venture in Telugu
- కడగు kaḍagu
- venture in Malayalam
- പുറപ്പാട്, ഊഹക്കച്ചവടം, ഉദ്യമം
- venture in Kannada
- ಕುತ್ತದ ಕೆಲಸ, ತೊಂದರೆ ಕೆಲಸ, ಸಾಹಸ, ಗಂಡಾಂತರದ ಸಾಹಸ
- venture in Punjabi
- ਉੱਦਮ ਕਰਨਾ
- venture in Gujarati
- સાહસ કરવું
- venture in Sanskrit
- धृष्णोति dhṛṣṇoti
Examples of venture in a sentence
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Bray [...] expressed amazement at the speed with which the station was completed, and ventured the opinion that private contractors could still learn something from the railway companies.1939 November, “What the Railways are Doing: Penda's Way—A Station built in a Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 364:
Synonyms of venture
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Forms of venture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ventures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ventures |
| present participle | venturing |
| past participle | ventured |
| past | ventured |
Origin of venture
Clipping of adventure.
Words formed from venture
Phrases with venture
Words that rhyme with venture
Questions about venture
- What does venture mean?
- Venture means a risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- What is venture in Hindi?
- Venture in Hindi is उपक्रम (upakram), उद्यम (udyam). See Venture meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use venture in a sentence?
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- What part of speech is venture?
- Venture can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce venture?
- Venture is pronounced /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of venture?
- The plural of venture is ventures.
Words near venture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: venture (page history and authors); venture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venture (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venture (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venture (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); venture (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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