noun, verb
noun a business project or activity, especially one that involves taking risks:
The project is a joint venture between the public and private sectors. * A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.
Part of speech: verb
1 [V+adv./prep.] to go somewhere even though you know that it might be dangerous or unpleasant:
They ventured nervously into the water. * He's never ventured abroad in his life.
2 (formal) to say or do sth in a careful way, especially because it might upset or offend sb:
[VN] She hardly dared to venture an opinion. * He ventured a tentative smile. * [Vtoinf] I ventured to suggest that she might have made a mistake. * [Vspeech] 'And if I say no?' she ventured. [also Vthat]
3 [VN] ~ sth (on sth) to risk losing sth valuable or important if you are not successful at sth:
It was wrong to venture his financial security on such a risky deal.
IDIOMS
nothing ventured, nothing gained (saying) used to say that you have to take risks if you want to achieve things and be successful
PHRASALVERBS
venture into / on sth to do sth, even though it involves risks:
This is the first time the company has ventured into movie production.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for venture is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is venture a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, venture is tagged as verb.
Does venture appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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