venture

venture
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. dare, risk; speculate; undertake; presume, hazard, stake, take a chance. —n. enterprise, undertaking; adventure; speculation, hazard, risk. See chance, courage.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. adventure, risk, hazard, peril, stake, chance, speculation, dare, experiment, trial, attempt, essay, test, gamble, undertaking, enterprise, investment, leap in the dark*, plunge*, potluck*, flier*, crack*, fling*.
v.
Syn. attempt, essay, experiment, try, try out, assay, grope, feel, speculate, gamble, stake, hazard, bet, wager, play for.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
undertaking, enterprise, adventure, business proposition, endeavor, project, investment, risk, gamble, *long shot, stake, speculation, experiment.
II
v.
1. risk take a chance, gamble, wager, dare, attempt, *take a shot, *lay it all on the line, *go out on a limb, *take a flier, speculate, endeavor, undertake.
2. daresay express, hazard an opinion.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An exciting, often hazardous undertaking: adventure, emprise, enterprise. See SAFETY. 2. Something undertaken, especially something requiring extensive planning and work: enterprise, project, undertaking. See WORK. II verb 1. To expose to possible loss or damage: adventure, compromise, hazard, risk. See SAFETY. 2. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, risk, stake, wager. Informal: go. See GAMBLING. 3. To run the risk of: adventure, chance, hazard, risk. See SAFETY. 4. To take a risk in the hope of gaining advantage: gamble, speculate. Idiom: take a flyer. See GAMBLING. 5. To have the courage to put forward, as an idea, especially when rebuff or criticism is likely: dare, hazard, presume, pretend. See TRY.

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