venture

noun
/ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/UK/ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/US

Etymology

Clipping of adventure.

Definitions

  1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

    • My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.
  2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

    • A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.
  3. The thing risked

    The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

    • My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. To undertake a risky or daring journey.

      • who freights a ship to venture on the seas
      • A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]
    2. To risk or offer.

      • to venture funds
      • to venture a guess
      • Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    3. To dare to engage in

      To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.

    4. To put or send on a venture or chance.

      • to venture a horse to the West Indies
    5. To confide in

      To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

      • A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
    6. To say something

      To say something; to offer an opinion.

      • “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at venture. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at venture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at venture

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA