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adventure
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?d?v?nt???/, /æd?v?nt???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?v?nt???/
- Hyphenation: ad?ven?ture
Etymology 1
From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).
Noun
adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)
- The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
- A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
- A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
- (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
- (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
- He was in great adventure of his life.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
Synonyms
- (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (chance of danger or loss): hazard
- (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger
Antonyms
- abstention, peradventure, unadventurous
Derived terms
- at all adventures
Related terms
- advent
- advene
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.
Verb
adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)
- (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
- (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
- c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:
- Discriminations might be adventured.
- c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:
- (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- aventured, unaverted
Latin
Participle
advent?re
- vocative masculine singular of advent?rus
Middle French
Alternative forms
- aventure
Etymology
From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin advent?rum.
Noun
adventure f (plural adventures)
- adventure
- fortune
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flurry
English
Etymology
Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents with the "Foot-strut" split)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Foot-strut" split)
- Rhymes: -?ri
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl?.?i/ (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
Noun
flurry (plural flurries)
- A light, brief snowfall.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- a flurry of wind
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- (figuratively) Any sudden activity; a stir.
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
- These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
- 1988, K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats (in Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
- Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.
- 2002, Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
- They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry, smoothie, banana split or shake...
- 1988, K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats (in Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- Synonyms: volley, barrage
Translations
Verb
flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)
- (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
- And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
- (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.
Translations
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