| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Adventure.[Websters]
2. To be circumstanced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have hazarded, chanced, gambled, experimented or lucked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have jeopardized or imperiled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have staked or wagered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have experienced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have attempted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have cased or mattered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have risked or menaced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have presumed or dared.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb adventure.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (adventure) | 1. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.[Wordnet]. 2. Put at risk.[Wordnet]. 3. Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this".[Wordnet]. 4. To try the chance; to take the risk.[Websters]. 5. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.[Websters]. 6. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: adventuring, adventured, adventures, adventurer, adventurers, adventuringly and adventuredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ADVENTURED" is a common misspelling or typo for: adventures, adventurer. |
Date "ADVENTURED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ADVENTURED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Put to hazard; ventured; risked.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of adventure. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: adventure
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| A bill of adventure | (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Adventure (Atari 2600) | Adventure for the Atari 2600 is considered the first action-adventure video game. Its creator, Warren Robinett, also introduced the first Easter egg to the gaming world. (references) | ||
| Adventure Aquarium | The Adventure Aquarium is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront by real estate developer [http://www.steiner.com Steiner + Associates]. It opened on May 25, 2005 in its current form, featuring about eight thousand animals living in varied forms of semi-aquatic and oceanic habitats. Nearly two million gallons of water flow through the facility at any given moment. (references) | ||
| Adventure Bay | Adventure Bay is a bay in southeastern Tasmania. Discovered in 1773 by Tobias Furneaux, it was named after his ship, the HMS Adventure. James Cook explored the region in 1777, as did William Bligh in 1788 and 1792. (references) | ||
| Adventure Cycling Association | Adventure Cycling Association was founded in 1973 to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fun, fitness, and self-discovery. Adventure Cycling is America's bicycle travel inspiration and resource, offering many programs for cyclists, including a national network of bicycle touring routes and organized trips. (references) | ||
| Adventure eddy | Adventure Eddy is a fictional character created by author Roland William Hulme. (references) | ||
| Adventure Galley | Adventure Galley was a three-mast battleship used by Captain Kidd. It weighed 287 tons and had 34 cannons and a crew of about 150. (references) | ||
| Adventure Game Interpreter | AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) was the development tool used by Sierra Online to create their early adventure games. (references) | ||
| Adventure Game Studio | Adventure Game Studio is a freeware tool that can be used to create both free and commercial graphical adventure games. It is aimed at intermediate-level game designers, and combines an IDE for setting up most aspects of the game with a scripting language in order to process the game logic. (references) | ||
| Adventure Games Live | Adventure Games Live (AGL) is a feature at RinkWorks. The games on it are single-player turn-based adventure games run in CGI on an engine written by Samuel Stoddard, who runs RinkWorks and wrote five of the nine games currently available on AGL. The main site rates the games' difficulty levels on a scale of one to ten. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: adventure
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Adventure Definition Language | Computing | Adventure Definition Language | |
| Bill of adventure | Law | BILL OF ADVENTURE, com. law, contracts. A writing signed by a merchant, to testify that the goods shipped on board a certain vessel belong to another person who is to take the hazard, the subscriber signing only to oblige himself to account to him, for the proceeds. (references) | |
| Bill of gross adventure | Law | BILL OF GROSS ADVENTURE. A phrase used in French maritime law; it comprehends every instrument of writing which contains a contract of bottomry, respondentia, and every species of maritime loan. We have no word of similar import. Hall on Mar. Loans, 182, n. See Bottomry; Gross adventure; Respondentia. (references) | |
| Gross adventure | Law | GROSS ADVENTURE. By this term the French lay writers signify a maritime loan, or bottomry. (q.v.) It is so called because the lender exposes his money to the perils of the sea; and contributes to the gross or general average. Poth. h.t.; Pard. Dr. Com. h.t. (references) | |
| TEACHER, ADVENTURE EDUCATION | Occupations | Instructs and leads students in variety of stressful and challenging activities, such as rock climbing, canoeing, spelunking, and skiing to build student confidence and promote physical, mental, and social development: Appraises students' tolerance to stress and selects and structures learning environment that provides for success in activities appropriate to maturity, interests, and abilities of students. Demonstrates basic skills, safety precautions, and other techniques to prepare students for activities. Arranges for provisions, such as transportation, food, and equipment. Teaches camping and related outdoor skills to students, staff, and volunteers. (references) | |
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