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venture
noun
1 venture
Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.
Roget 676:
undertaking;
compact
etc.
769;
adventure,
venture;
engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
enterprise,
emprise†;
pilgrimage;
matter in hand
etc.
(business )
625;
move;
first move
etc.
(beginning)
66.
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Roget 665:
danger,
peril,
insecurity,
jeopardy,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
precariousness,
slipperiness;
instability
etc.
149;
defenselessness
etc.
adj.,
exposure
etc.
(liability)
177;
vulnerability;
vulnerable point,
heel of Achilles†;
forlorn hope
etc.
(hopelessness)
859.
[Dangerous course]
leap in the dark
etc.
(rashness)
863;
road to ruin,
faciles descensus Averni [Lat.]
[Vergil],
hairbreadth escape.
cause for alarm;
source of danger
etc.
667.
rock ahead
[Approach of danger],
breakers ahead;
storm brewing;
clouds in the horizon,
clouds gathering;
warning
etc.
668;
alarm
etc.
669.
[Sense of danger]
apprehension
etc.
860.
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Polish: inwestycja
2 venture
An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.
synonym: speculation.
Roget 621:
chance
etc.
156;
lot,
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
luck;
good luck
etc.
(good)
618;
mascot.
speculation,
venture,
stake,
game of chance;
mere shot,
random shot;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark;
pig in a poke
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
fluke,
potluck;
faro bank;
flyer [Slang];
limit.
uncertainty;
uncertainty principle,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots;
sortilegy†,
sortition†;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†;
rouge et noir [Fr.],
hazard,
ante,
chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [U.S.],
craps,
faro,
roulette,
pitch and toss,
chuck,
farthing,
cup tossing,
heads or tails cross and pile,
poker-dice;
wager;
bet,
betting;
gambling;
the turf.
gaming house,
gambling house,
betting house;
bucket shop;
gambling joint;
totalizator,
totalizer;
hell;
betting ring;
dice,
dice box.
[person who takes chances]
gambler,
gamester;
man of the turf;
adventurer;
dicer†.
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Roget 675:
essay,
trial,
endeavor,
attempt;
aim,
struggle,
venture,
adventure,
speculation,
coup d'essai [Fr.],
debut;
probation
etc.
(experiment)
463.
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Dutch: windhandel
Polish: geszeft, spekulacja
3 venture
A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit.
verb
1 venture
Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers:
— We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer.
synonym: embark.
Roget 861:
be courageous
etc.
adj.;
dare,
venture,
make bold;
face danger,
front danger,
affront danger,
confront danger,
brave danger,
defy danger,
despise danger,
mock danger;
look in the face;
look full in the face,
look boldly in the face,
look danger in the face;
face;
meet,
meet in front;
brave,
beard;
defy
etc.
715.
take courage,
muster courage,
summon up courage,
pluck up courage;
nerve oneself,
take heart;
take heart,
pluck up heart of grace;
hold up one's head,
screw one's courage to the sticking place;
come up to scratch;
stick to one's guns,
standfire†,
stand against;
bear up,
bear up against;
hold out
etc.
(persevere)
604.1.
put a bold face upon;
show a bold front,
present a bold front;
show fight;
face the music.
bell the cat,
take the bull by the horns,
beard the lion in his den,
march up to the cannon's mouth,
go through fire and water,
run the gantlet.
give courage,
infuse courage,
inspire courage;
reassure,
encourage,
embolden,
inspirit,
cheer,
nerve,
put upon one's mettle,
rally,
raise a rallying cry;
pat on the back,
make a man of. ,
keep in countenance.
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2 venture
Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.
synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend.
3 venture
Put at risk.
synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake.
Roget 621:
chance
etc.
(hap)
156;
stand a chance
etc.
(be possible)
470.
toss up;
cast lots,
draw lots;
leave to chance,
trust to chance,
leave to the chapter of accidents,
trust to the chapter of accidents;
tempt fortune;
chance it,
take one's chance,
take a shot at it
(attempt)
675;
run the risk,
run the chance,
incur the risk,
incur the chance,
encounter the risk,
encounter the chance;
stand the hazard of the die.
speculate,
try one's luck,
set on a cast,
raffle,
put into a lottery,
buy a pig in a poke,
shuffle the cards.
risk,
venture,
hazard,
stake;
ante;
lay,
lay a wager;
make a bet,
wager,
bet,
gamble,
game,
play for;
play at chuck farthing.
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Roget 675:
try,
essay;
experiment
etc.
463;
endeavor,
strive;
tempt,
attempt,
make an attempt;
venture,
adventure,
speculate,
take one's chance,
tempt fortune;
try one's fortune,
try one's luck,
try one's hand;
use one's endeavor;
feel one's way,
grope one's way,
pick one's way.
try hard,
push,
make a bold push,
use one's best endeavor;
do one's best
etc.
(exertion)
686.
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Roget 665:
be in danger
etc.
adj.;
be exposed to danger,
run into danger,
incur danger,
encounter danger
etc.
n.;
run a risk;
lay oneself open to
etc.
(liability)
177;
lean on a broken reed,
trust to a broken reed;
feel the ground sliding from under one,
have to run for it;
have the chances against one,
have the odds against one,
face long odds;
be in deep trouble,
be between a rock and a hard place.
hang by a thread,
totter;
sleep on a volcano,
stand on a volcano;
sit on a barrel of gunpowder,
live in a glass house.
bring in danger,
place in danger,
put in danger,
place in jeopardy,
put in jeopardy
etc.
n.;
endanger,
expose to danger,
imperil;
jeopard†,
jeopardize;
compromise;
sail too near the wind
etc.
(rash)
863.
adventure,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
stake,
set at hazard;
run the gauntlet
etc.
(dare)
861;
engage in a forlorn hope.
threaten danger
etc.
909;
run one hard;
lay a trap for
etc.
(deceive)
545.
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Dutch: bedreigen
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