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adventure
ad‧ven‧ture/ədˈventʃə $ -ər/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] [date : 1200-1300; Language : Old French; Origin : aventure, from Latin advenire 'to arrive', from ad- 'to' + venire 'to come'] 1. an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen: ▪ a great adventure ▪ Ahab’s adventures at sea ▪ an adventure story
2. sense/spirit of adventure willingness to try new things, take risks etc: ▪ Come on – where’s your sense of adventure?
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a horror/adventure/war film ▪ He likes watching horror films. adventure playground amorous adventures ▪ He was always boasting about his amorous adventures. an adventure story ▪ an exciting adventure story for children COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE amorous ▪ Initially his reaction took the form, from an early age, of a series of not always well-chosen amorous adventures. ▪ His amorous adventures, however, were by no means over. big ▪ For most of the children it was a big adventure, at least when they were setting off with their school friends. ▪ For Karen this journey to Washington was a big adventure. ▪ As experienced Yankees know, one of the big adventures is dealing with the metric system. ▪ One of the biggest economic adventures of all time is, with luck, about to begin. ▪ Dying wouldn't be such an awfully big adventure for Uncle Vernon - he was too old. ▪ It was all just a big adventure. great ▪ It's a great adventure for me and a big challenge. ▪ There was no sense that a great adventure, or even a frightening one, was about to begin. ▪ As with all great adventures and challenges, the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate. ▪ Sometimes I felt like I was having a great adventure with Janir. ▪ That first time had been a personal triumph, a great adventure. ▪ The idea of the great adventure was delightful to Jason. high ▪ The spirit of high adventure isn't one you'd normally associate with Commercial Paper. ▪ But what a chance for high adventure! ▪ It reminded him of pirates and buccaneers and fearless men who roamed the high seas in search of adventure. ▪ Some of that high adventure found its way into the big downtown Miami law firms. ▪ Seth was also blessed with good looks and lady-killer charm, which brought many high adventures his way. military ▪ The affair revealed that the quickest path to popularity for a President remained a successful military adventure. ▪ He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories. ▪ A repetition of such military adventures could have incalculable consequences inside the United States. new ▪ Each expedition is a new adventure, a new voyage of discovery. ▪ Then as now, the soprano and tenor saxophonist has thrived by constantly seeking new adventures and doing the unexpected. ▪ In the new adventure Mario finds the citizens of Mario Land brainwashed by the evil Wario. ▪ Putnam, persuasively loquacious, was always on the lookout for new adventures and new stories to publish. ▪ It may be the last farewell from Gloucester, but it's the first of many new adventures. ▪ They become the testimony of a new adventure in art as well as in life. ▪ Lovely waterside walks, picnic areas, new adventure playground, refreshments, Visitor Centre. ▪ Every day was a new adventure. NOUN arcade ▪ It's among the best arcade adventures available for the C64, and one of Ocean's better conversions. ▪ No, the problem was a licence with such potential being turned into such a diabolical arcade adventure. ▪ This is a fairly traditional arcade adventure but offers excellent graphics and several neat, distinctive touches. game ▪ Phantasm is a virtual reality adventure game. ▪ The story is a riveting one about two chil-dren who find an adventure game which becomes real as they are playing it. ▪ Secret Agent is an excellent scrolling adventure game that should keep you playing for weeks. ▪ Suitable for all ages this is sure to be one of the most popular adventure games this month. playground ▪ Indoor leisure pool, adventure playground, shop and launderette. ▪ Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses! ▪ It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment. ▪ More recently they have been a popular adventure playground for youngsters. ▪ Children's Playground A large adventure playground is situated adjacent to the insect house, conveniently near the cafeteria and main picnic lawn. ▪ Picnic/barbeque areas, play area, adventure playground. ▪ This first indoor adventure playground contract is worth £80,000. ▪ Extensive flower gardens, an adventure playground, and cafeteria, all help to make this a delightful place to visit. story ▪ The junior adventure story has not suffered the same extremes of literary discrimination. ▪ He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories. ▪ In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion. ▪ But from a general view the status of the junior adventure story is unassailable. ▪ Consider, for example, the myriad adventure stories, most of which contain a definite love interest. ▪ The artistic, literary value of adventure stories for the young is hampered by this kind of declaration of intent. ▪ Some sort of adventure story, he supposed, which would film well. VERB animate ▪ Or send a photo of your younger siblings and watch their faces light up when they see themselves in this animated adventure. ▪ Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure. excite ▪ The incipient spouses are of course excited by the adventure, the new life, heralded by marriage. ▪ It seemed like an exciting adventure to me. ▪ Apart from anything else, it is more of an exciting adventure and has a different basic quality. ▪ Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure. follow ▪ Comedies continued to pull in the biggest audiences, followed by thrillers and adventure films. play ▪ You couldn't live in peace, playing adventures all day long, undisturbed by the real world. ▪ The boy's body was discovered by children playing at an adventure park on the Isle of Man. ▪ Developed in the style of Eye of the Beholder this game is easily the best role playing adventure available on shareware. share ▪ It could have shared the owner's adventures and vicissitudes, occupied his leisure hours, cheered his bleaker moments. ▪ He was a disappointing hero to share her brave adventure. write ▪ Joe wrote, describing his adventure in architecture for the Saturday Evening Post. ▪ Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES a whiff of danger/adventure/freedom etc ▪ Instead of music we offered honest talk and a whiff of freedom. high drama/adventure ▪ The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure. ▪ Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country. ▪ But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation. ▪ But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu. ▪ But what a chance for high adventure! ▪ The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply. ▪ The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower. ▪ They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents. ▪ Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all! ▪ As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure. ▪ He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea. ▪ It's a book about the author's real-life adventures in Nepal. ▪ My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war. ▪ Willis was a young man looking for adventure. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hunting him down and destroying him for ever can become a full-scale adventure in itself. ▪ I cursed my luck and began to invent adventures. ▪ In her new book, she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures. ▪ They plunged into the thick adrenal details of the adventure. ▪ To what adventures and extremes will it lead us?
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