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.

2. ventureverb

   To undertake a risky or daring journey.

3. ventureverb

   To risk or offer.

4. ventureverb

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

5. 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

2. Venturenoun

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

3. Venturenoun

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

4. Ventureverb

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

5. Ventureverb

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

6. Ventureverb

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

7. Ventureverb

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

8. Ventureverb

   to confide in; to rely on; to trust

9. 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?

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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. Patrick Lynch:

   Weve had police officers trying to stop looters and theyve been knocked down, theyve been run down, and some of them have almost been shot down. Thats exactly whats happening on the street, watch the video, watchthe security cameras, venture in and see what happens.

2. Hans Tung:

   A lot of (venture firms) have to be conservative because they aren't sure when they are going to raise their next fund.

3. Peter Dutton:

   The fact that today we celebrate that we have not had a successful people smuggling venture in a year, and that over the course of the last 18 months or so we have turned back 20 boats and stopped 633 people from arriving in our country, is a significant achievement.

4. Arthur C. Clarke:

   The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

5. 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.

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