Adventure
noun
An exciting or unusual experience that usually involves risks.
Going on a safari is a real adventure.
Often appears as...
- go on an adventure
- seek adventure
verb
To take a risk or do something new or exciting.
Many people adventure to travel the world alone.
Often appears as...
- adventure alone
- adventure abroad
noun
A commercial or financial speculation of a risky nature.
The stock market is a type of financial adventure for investors.
Often appears as...
- financial adventure
- business adventure
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An exciting or unusual experience that usually involves risks.
Going on a safari is a real adventure.
Often appears as...
- go on an adventure
- seek adventure
verb
To take a risk or do something new or exciting.
Many people adventure to travel the world alone.
Often appears as...
- adventure alone
- adventure abroad
noun
A commercial or financial speculation of a risky nature.
The stock market is a type of financial adventure for investors.
Often appears as...
- financial adventure
- business adventure
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Risk Involvement
Adventure often implies there are risks or challenges to overcome.
Her trek through the Amazon was filled with adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Factor
The word suggests an activity is thrilling or stimulates enthusiasm.
The roller coaster ride was quite the adventure.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Growth
Adventure often leads to personal growth through new experiences.
Studying abroad turned into an enlightening adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Risk Involvement
Adventure often implies there are risks or challenges to overcome.
Her trek through the Amazon was filled with adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Factor
The word suggests an activity is thrilling or stimulates enthusiasm.
The roller coaster ride was quite the adventure.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Growth
Adventure often leads to personal growth through new experiences.
Studying abroad turned into an enlightening adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Risk Involvement
Adventure often implies there are risks or challenges to overcome.
Her trek through the Amazon was filled with adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Factor
The word suggests an activity is thrilling or stimulates enthusiasm.
The roller coaster ride was quite the adventure.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Growth
Adventure often leads to personal growth through new experiences.
Studying abroad turned into an enlightening adventure.
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
passage of water in the world you're on there for four days non-stop rolling backwards and forwards so it's just this real sense of adventure as you're going across you come out of drake's passage and then all of a sudden you're coming down the peninsula past all these icebergs and really entering into this
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Filming Lions Hunting...
elephant it's an adventure in the true sense of the word and that you you do not know what the outcome is going to be and i love that you know particularly about wildlife you don't you don't know how the animals are gonna behave and to know that the natural world is full of the unexpected it's full of
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Spotting the World's...
I mean, I would rather the rope was still intact, if I'm going to be honest. Where's your sense of adventure Yussef? My sense of adventure? Come on off the beaten track. My sense of adventure is down there right at the bottom where it's safe. Hidden all around the world are places we've abandoned,
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
and convert the rebellious chief of Mactan, the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue.
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Can you make a wildlife...
i might just have to grab you and throw you on there i'm neil strawson a researcher on animal impossible the wildlife and adventure series produced by bbc studios natural history unit and a full-time wheelchair user i'll be taking on a series of fast
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How the Mojave Desert...
Exploration is a compulsory human trait. We're the only animal on the planet driven so deeply by curiosity. From the surface of the Earth, the ocean floor, to space. Humans have an insatiable desire for adventure and exploration.
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The secret lives of baby...
But we do know that these tiny trekkers are more than the fragile and helpless creatures science once believed them to be. The secret lives of baby fish remain largely mysterious to us, unknown adventures waiting to be told.
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What makes a hero? -...
An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home, and enters the special world and adventure.
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
They were so painful and so confining that all I could think was, how am I ever going to travel the world in these things? How was I ever going to live the life full of adventure and stories,
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My life as a professional...
really is the purest form of all but as soon as we wave a camera at adventure then we can capture that experience forever and share it with the world a
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
passage of water in the world you're on there for four days non-stop rolling backwards and forwards so it's just this real sense of adventure as you're going across you come out of drake's passage and then all of a sudden you're coming down the peninsula past all these icebergs and really entering into this
Video examples
Filming Lions Hunting...
elephant it's an adventure in the true sense of the word and that you you do not know what the outcome is going to be and i love that you know particularly about wildlife you don't you don't know how the animals are gonna behave and to know that the natural world is full of the unexpected it's full of
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
I mean, I would rather the rope was still intact, if I'm going to be honest. Where's your sense of adventure Yussef? My sense of adventure? Come on off the beaten track. My sense of adventure is down there right at the bottom where it's safe. Hidden all around the world are places we've abandoned,
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
and convert the rebellious chief of Mactan, the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue.
Video examples
Can you make a wildlife...
i might just have to grab you and throw you on there i'm neil strawson a researcher on animal impossible the wildlife and adventure series produced by bbc studios natural history unit and a full-time wheelchair user i'll be taking on a series of fast
Video examples
How the Mojave Desert...
Exploration is a compulsory human trait. We're the only animal on the planet driven so deeply by curiosity. From the surface of the Earth, the ocean floor, to space. Humans have an insatiable desire for adventure and exploration.
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
But we do know that these tiny trekkers are more than the fragile and helpless creatures science once believed them to be. The secret lives of baby fish remain largely mysterious to us, unknown adventures waiting to be told.
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home, and enters the special world and adventure.
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
They were so painful and so confining that all I could think was, how am I ever going to travel the world in these things? How was I ever going to live the life full of adventure and stories,
Video examples
My life as a professional...
really is the purest form of all but as soon as we wave a camera at adventure then we can capture that experience forever and share it with the world a
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Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.
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Ian Fleming
British Author
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
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Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese Businessman
Everyone around me, they are very supportive of my adventures.
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Robert Kurson
American Author
It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Death is just life's next big adventure.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.
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Ian Fleming
British Author
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
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Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese Businessman
Everyone around me, they are very supportive of my adventures.
Quote examples
Robert Kurson
American Author
It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.
Quote examples
Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Death is just life's next big adventure.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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