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noun 
  1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  2. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
  3. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
  4. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: risico , avontuur
  • French: aventure
  • Italian: rischio , speculazione
  • Spanish: aventura
  • German: Abenteuer
verb (adventur, ing)
  1. (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
  2. (transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
  3. (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: wagen, riskeren
    • Russian: Ñ�иÑ�коваÑ�Ñ�, Ñ�иÑ�ковÌ�аÑ�Ñ� (riskoví¡t')

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