venture
pronunciation
How to pronounce venture in British English:
UK [ˈventʃə(r)]
How to pronounce venture in American English:
US [ˈventʃər]
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- Noun:
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
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- Verb:
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
Word Origin
- venture (v.)
- early 15c., "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure, itself a form of adventure. General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1550s. Related: Ventured; venturing. Nought venter nought have [Heywood, "Proverbs," 1546]
- venture (n.)
- c. 1400, "fortune, chance," shortening of aventure (n.), a variant of adventure (n.); also from Anglo-French venture. Sense of "risky undertaking" first recorded 1560s; meaning "enterprise of a business nature" is recorded from 1580s. Venture capital is attested from 1943.
Synonym
Example
- 1. That isone reason why tesco has to venture abroad .
- 2. These are the underpinnings of a genuine commercial venture .
- 3. Ten years ago , few people would venture here .
- 4. Or say you 're more historically savvy , might you venture alan turing ?
- 5. This is quite understandable , given the uncertainties that haunt any commercial venture .