venture

venture is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
2. noun. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
3. noun. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
4. intransitive verb. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
5. intransitive verb. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
6. transitive verb. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
7. transitive verb. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
8. transitive verb. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
9. noun. any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
10. noun. a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
11. noun. an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

    "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

    Synonyms: speculation

12. verb. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

    "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"

    "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

    Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend

13. verb. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

    "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

    Synonyms: embark

14. verb. put at risk

    "I will stake my good reputation for this"

    Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake

Synonyms

speculation, guess, hazard, pretend, embark, adventure, jeopardize, stake

Common word forms

ventured, venturer, ventures, venturing

Words from these letters

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