noun risk; danger; peril.
2. adventure ·vi to try the chance; to take the risk.
3. adventure ·noun to risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
4. adventure ·noun to venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
5. adventure ·noun that which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
6. adventure ·noun a remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
7. adventure ·noun a mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
8. adventure ·noun the encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.