Definitions for venture
ˈvɛn tʃərven·ture

Princeton's WordNet(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. venturenoun

   any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

2. speculation, venturenoun

   an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

   "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

3. ventureverb

   a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit

4. venture, embarkverb

   proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

5. guess, venture, pretend, hazardverb

   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

6. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

   put at risk

   "I will stake my good reputation for this"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. venturenoun

   A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

   Etymology: Shortening of adventure.

2. ventureverb

   To undertake a risky or daring journey.

   Etymology: Shortening of adventure.

3. ventureverb

   To risk or offer.

   Etymology: Shortening of adventure.

4. ventureverb

   to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on

   Etymology: Shortening of adventure.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Venturenoun

   an undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

2. Venturenoun

   an event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

3. Venturenoun

   the thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

4. Ventureverb

   to hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

5. Ventureverb

   to make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

6. Ventureverb

   to expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

7. Ventureverb

   to put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

8. Ventureverb

   to confide in; to rely on; to trust

   Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Venture

   Venture is a 1981 arcade game by Exidy. It was ported to a number of home consoles, including the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Intellivision systems.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Venture

   ven′tūr, n. chance, luck, hazard: that which is put to hazard (esp. goods sent by sea at the sender's risk): an undertaking whose issue is uncertain or dangerous.—v.t. to send on a venture: to expose to hazard: to risk.—v.i. to make a venture: to run a risk: to dare.—n. Ven′tūrer.—adjs. Ven′tūrous, Ven′tūresome.—advs. Ven′tūrously, Ven′tūresomely.—ns. Ven′tūrousness, Ven′tūresomeness.—Venture on, upon, to dare to engage in.—At a venture, at hazard, random. [Short for adventure.]

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1. venture

   Song lyrics by venture -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by venture on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Investment
   • Risk
   • Speculate
   • Undertaking

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'venture' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4540

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'venture' in Nouns Frequency: #1492

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'venture' in Verbs Frequency: #1096

How to pronounce venture?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say venture in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of venture in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of venture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of venture in a Sentence

1. Katie Porter:

   I'll take that bet any time, i do my own taxes. I'm California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. I serve with a number of really bright people, folks who have owned small businesses, folks who have been venture capitalists.

2. Unknown:

   Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.

3. Chris Bulger:

   It's still a good game, just in the last two rounds you're not getting venture capital-like returns for the risk you are taking.

4. Chief Executive Craig Kreeger:

   We believe this company has so much upside in front of us with the Delta joint venture and the new fleet.

5. Edsger W. Dijkstra:

   The argument against recursive procedures was always an efficiency argument: non-re-entrant code could be executed so much more efficiently. But with the advent of multiprogramming another need for felxible storage allocation has emerged. And if there are still machines in which the use of recursive routines is punished by too heavy a penalty, then I would venture the opinion that the structure of such a machine should now be called somewhat old-fashioned.

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