ADVENTURE


Meaning of ADVENTURE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , epic , exciting , great , wonderful

▪ little

We had a little ~ yesterday.

▪ dangerous , perilous

▪ hair-raising

I had some hair-raising ~s when I was backpacking.

▪ romantic

▪ fantasy , foreign , historical , military , sexual

VERB + ADVENTURE

▪ embark on , have

▪ be looking for , want

Those of you looking for ~ can shoot the rapids.

▪ offer

Perhaps the army offered ~, a chance to travel.

ADVENTURE + NOUN

▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), novel , story

▪ holiday ( BrE ), tour ( AmE ), vacation ( AmE )

▪ playground ( BrE )

PHRASES

▪ quite an ~ (= very exciting)

Our trip to Mexico was quite an ~ for the children.

▪ a sense of ~ , a spirit of ~

The trip began with a sense of ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .