VENTURE


Meaning of VENTURE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ exciting

▪ latest , new

▪ profitable , successful

▪ costly , expensive , unprofitable

▪ failed , ill-fated , unsuccessful

▪ ambitious , bold , high-risk , risky , speculative

▪ collaborative , cooperative , joint

a joint-venture company

▪ private , solo

▪ entrepreneurial , start-up

▪ business , commercial , corporate , financial , moneymaking

▪ Internet , publishing

VERB + VENTURE

▪ embark on , undertake

The directors of the company refused to undertake such a risky ~.

▪ establish , launch , set up , start

The company has set up a joint ~ with a company in Austria.

▪ finance , fund

▪ join , join in , join sb in

His son Mark will be joining him in the new ~.

VENTURE + NOUN

▪ capital , funding , funds , money

▪ capitalist

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ by

a cooperative ~ by companies at the science park

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ cautiously

She ~d cautiously into the room.

▪ never , occasionally , rarely , seldom

They never ~d from their buildings after sunset.

▪ far , further/farther , further/farther afield

Some of the men ~d farther out to sea.

▪ close , deep

He ~d deeper into the forest.

▪ abroad ( esp. BrE ), back , down , forth , inside , off , out , outside

We ~d down to the south coast over the weekend.

A few people ~d out into the street.

VERB + VENTURE

▪ dare (to)

She would not have dared ~ here alone.

▪ decide to

PREPOSITION

▪ away from , beyond , down , into , out of , to

They rarely ~d beyond their local town.

Venture is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ guess , ↑ opinion

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .