different between happening vs venture

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæp?n??/, /?hæpn??/, [hæpn?n]

Etymology 1

From Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge, equivalent to happen +? -ing.

Verb

happening

1. present participle of happen

Adjective

happening (comparative more happening, superlative most happening)

1. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.

   This is a happening place tonight!

   • 2005, Wendy Lawton, Less is More, page 13,

     “ […] San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.”

   • 2006, Eliot Greenspan, Neil E. Schlecht, Frommer's Cuba, page 165,

     When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town.

   • 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 157,

     They're a little noisy if you open your balcony door but otherwise offer a glimpse of one of Disney World's more happening places.

2. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.

   He is a real happening guy.

   • 1987 November 16, Steve Gibson, Desktop Publishing, 386-Based Machines, ‘Happening’ Trends at Comdex, InfoWorld, page 42,

     Every show has its hottest, most happening trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the happening software would be desktop publishing.

   • 2009, Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France, Lonely Planet, page 883,

     Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.

   • 2011, Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's Chile & Easter Island, unnumbered page,

     San Antonio is the newest, tiniest, and most “happening” wine appellation in Chile, with just four boutique wineries that focus on quality, not quantity, producing fine pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, and syrah.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English happenyng, equivalent to happen +? -ing.

Noun

happening (plural happenings)

1. Something that happens.
2. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

Translations

See also

• happening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

happening

1. happening (event)

Declension

Related terms

• häppeninki

French

Noun

happening m (plural happenings)

1. happening

Spanish

Noun

happening m (plural happenings)

1. happening

English

Etymology

Clipping of adventure.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n.t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n.t???/
• Hyphenation: ven?ture

Noun

venture (plural ventures)

1. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
2. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

   Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
3. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

   Synonym: stake

Hyponyms

• business venture
• joint venture

Translations

Verb

venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)

1. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.

   • who freights a ship to venture on the seas

2. (transitive) To risk or offer.
3. (intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
4. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.

5. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
6. (transitive) To say something.

Derived terms

• venture capital

Related terms

• venturesome
• venturous

Translations

Further reading

• venture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• venture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Adjective

venture

1. feminine plural of venturo

Noun

venture f

1. plural of ventura

Latin

Participle

vent?re

1. vocative masculine singular of vent?rus