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An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky.[1] Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities.
Motivation[edit]
Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal,[2] which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his Man’s Fate (1933), «If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?»
Similarly, Helen Keller stated that «Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.»[3]
Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing and adventure tourism. Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers – the British adventurer Jason Lewis, for example, uses adventures to draw global sustainability lessons from living within finite environmental constraints on expeditions to share with schoolchildren. Adventure education intentionally uses challenging experiences for learning.
Author Jon Levy suggests that an experience should meet several criteria to be considered an adventure:[4]
- Be remarkable—that is, worth talking about
- Involve adversity or perceived risk
- Bring about personal growth.
Mythology and fiction[edit]
Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure, such as Homer’s Odyssey.[5][6][7]
The knight errant was the form the «adventure seeker» character took in the Late Middle Ages.
Adventure fiction exhibits these «protagonist on adventurous journey» characteristics, as do many popular feature films, such as Star Wars[8] and Raiders of the Lost Ark.[9]
Outdoors[edit]
Adventure books may have the theme of the hero or main character going to face the wilderness or Mother Nature. Examples include books such as Hatchet or My Side of the Mountain. These books are less about «questing», such as in mythology or other adventure novels, but more about surviving on their own, living off the land, gaining new experiences, and becoming closer to the natural world.
Questing[edit]
Many adventures are based on the idea of a quest: the hero goes off in pursuit of a reward, whether it be a skill, prize, treasure, or perhaps the safety of a person. On the way, the hero must overcome various obstacles to obtain their reward.
Video games[edit]
In video game culture, an adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle solving.[10] The genre’s focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult.[11]
Nonfiction works[edit]
From ancient times, travelers and explorers have written about their adventures.[12] Journals which became best-sellers in their day were written, such as Marco Polo’s journal The Travels of Marco Polo or Mark Twain’s Roughing It. Others were personal journals, only later published, such as the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark or Captain James Cook’s journals. There are also books written by those not directly a part of the adventure in question, such as The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe or books written by those participating in the adventure but in a format other than that of a journal, such as Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray. Documentaries often use the theme of adventure as well.
Adventure sports[edit]
There are many sports classified as adventure sports, due to their inherent danger and excitement. Some of these include mountain climbing, skydiving, or other extreme sports.
See also[edit]
- Adventure film
- Adventure playground
- Adventure travel
- Exploration
- List of genres
- Sports
- Tourism
- Travel
References[edit]
- ^ «Adventure». dictionary.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Gomà-i-Freixanet, M (2004). «Sensation Seeking and Participation in Physical Risk Sports». On the psychobiology of personality. Elsevier. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-08-044209-9.
- ^ Keller, Helen (1957). The Open Door. Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday.
- ^ Snow, Shane (2 December 2016). «The Science of the Perfect Night Out». GQ. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Mansbach, Adam (12 February 2010). «Odysseus Remixed». The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022.
- ^ Jenkyns, Richard (22 December 1996). «Heroic Enterprise – (Book review: The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles)». nytimes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Zweig, Paul (1999). The adventurer. Akadine Press. ISBN 1-888173-72-6. OCLC 61858818.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (26 May 1977). «A Trip to a Far Galaxy That’s Fun and Funny». The New York Times.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (12 June 1981). «Movie Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark». The New York Times.
- ^ Adams, Ernest (29 December 1999). «The Designer’s Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers». Gamasutra. p. 43. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ Hitchens, Joe (2002). «Special Issues in Multi player Game Design». In Laramée, François-Dominic (ed.). Game Design Perspectives. Charles River Media. p. 258. ISBN 1584500905.
- ^ «16 Famous Explorers and Their Incredible Stories». The Art of Travel: Wander, Explore, Discover. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adventure.
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- Martin Feeney Going on a journey: Life in Year 10
- Website of the Research Unit «Philology of Adventure»: ongoing research project on the literary history of the adventure pattern
- What is an adventure? A definition of «adventure», «hero» and «epic» with an illustration of the hero’s journey.
- Wikivoyage
What do we mean by adventure?
An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature. noun
An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state’s affairs. noun
An unusual or exciting experience. noun
Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences. noun
A financial speculation or business venture. noun
To venture upon; undertake or try. intransitive verb
To expose to danger or risk. intransitive verb
To proceed despite risks. intransitive verb
To take a risk; dare. intransitive verb
1. That which comes or happens to one; hap; chance; fortune; luck. noun
A hazardous enterprise; an undertaking of uncertain issue, or participation in such an undertaking. noun
A remarkable occurrence in one’s personal history; a noteworthy event or experience in one’s life. noun
A speculation of any kind, commercial, financial, or mining; a venture; specifically, a speculation in goods sent abroad. noun
Peril; danger. noun
Adventurous activity; participation in exciting or hazardous undertakings or enterprises: as, a spirit of adventure. noun
To risk or hazard; put in the power of unforeseen events: as, to adventure one’s life.
To venture on; take the chance of; run the risk of doing or suffering.
To take the risk involved in doing anything; proceed at a venture.
To try the chance; to take the risk. intransitive verb
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
A text adventure or an adventure game.
That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
Chance of danger or loss.
Risk; danger; peril.
Something that is most likely a very, very bad idea, but sounds like it would be exciting, so you try it anyway Urban Dictionary
A mission with a positive outcome and some cool shit along the way. Urban Dictionary
Code word for dating Urban Dictionary
When, on a normal day, things get to a point where you cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. i dont mean youre stressed, or anything emotional. like when you get a flat and you dont have a spare, and youre in a dangerous intersection. or when youre fishing and your boat sinks and youre suffering hypothermia. not to be confused with any old thing thats exiting Urban Dictionary
An adventure is when one drives around to smoke pot as to not attract attention sitting in a cul de sac or in a parking lot Urban Dictionary
What every girl on tinder says she likes while she watches Netflix all day Urban Dictionary
The coolest damπ people ever. These are the guys and girls who have skillfully kindled the roaring flame within that is the spirit of adventure. They live off of the thrill of exploring, battling, and justice. While others are being boring they go off to fight the forces of evil! You could sit anywhere and look around and the only way to tell who is an adventurer is to look for bags under their eyes. They don’t sleep, justice NEVER sleeps. Urban Dictionary
Someone who travels and battles evil only to be stopped by an arrow in the knee. Urban Dictionary
Adventure in a digital world is quite unique. You cannot be sure who you are talking to and where your words might be spread. It is a relief when you find out your friends link their information to your love who didn’t know you were real but quite a dreamer. Of cause if the dreamer talks to much, she still can be silenced by some legal means. Maybe she tries to show some respect then. Maybe she tries to find her words in songs. Well, some song texts can lead into more trouble again. But… yes! If it would be too easy, it would be no real adventure. I hope, all our friends and family will enjoy. Urban Dictionary
A group of people with the proverbial grape fruit sized testicles that will try anything, anywhere, anytime. Urban Dictionary
- Definition & Examples
- When & How to Write an Adventure
- Quiz
I. What is Adventure?
Adventure (pronounced ad-ven-cher) was originally a Middle English word derived from the Old French aventure meaning “destiny,” “fate,” or “chance event.” Today, we define adventure as a remarkable or unexpected journey, experience, or event that a person participates in as a result of chance. This last detail, a result of chance, is a key element of adventure; the stories usually involve a character who is brought to the adventure by chance, and chance usually plays a large role in the episodes of the story. Also, adventures usually includes dangerous situations, narrow escapes, problems to be solved through intelligence and skill, exotic people and places, and brave deeds.
II. Example of Adventure
The following short passage might be found in a piece of adventure:
The young deckhand could see the approaching island, palm trees swaying in the ocean breeze, sandy shores littered with driftwood, tropical birds singing in the hot Caribbean sun—and somewhere, deep in the jungle, buried somewhere, was the treasure he had been reading about since he was a young boy. And now, he was going to part of the team to discover it and take it back home to save his nation’s people.
The above passage sets up the action that is about to come for the protagonist—a quest to discover a treasure. It is clear from this selection that the deckhand has traveled far and for a long time to reach this island; whether or not the trip was worth it remains a mystery for the reader to enjoy discovering.
III. Types of Adventure
There are many types of adventure but their meanings are obvious. You could see most of them by exploring Netflix—types such as fantasy adventure, science-fiction adventure, supernatural adventure, and historical adventure.
IV. Importance of Adventure
Adventure stories have been popular since the earliest forms of literary fiction. For instance, one of the oldest pieces of fiction in English is an adventure written during the Middle Ages—Beowulf. In fact, most medieval romances, such as the King Arthur stories, consisted of a series of adventures.
Adventures are important to humanity in a couple of ways. They are a form of “the hero’s journey” which, according to theorist Joseph Campbell is a universal story about the psychological growth of human beings. Which is probably why adventures are usually stories of self-discovery for the protagonist. Mythological stories are also usually adventures and as we have all heard, mythology is the way ancient cultures explained their world and their beliefs. Finally, it is a form of escapist literature—works that allow the reader to escape everyday life to enjoy strange faraway lands and wild stories of mystery and discovery; in other words, adventure is food for the imagination, one of our most important forms of intelligence.
V. Examples of Adventure in Literature
Example 1
Two of Mark Twain’s most celebrated works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both stories are the adventures of Tom and Huck, two young boys growing up on the Mississippi River in the late 1800s. Below is a short passage that captures Tom’s thoughts in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
What if he turned his back, now, and disappeared mysteriously? What if he went away — ever so far away, into unknown countries beyond the seas — and never came back any more!
Tom Sawyer is a fairly normal boy while Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, is more of a drifter and often the driver of the adventures. The thoughts reflect the thinking of many if not all little boys, which shows us why adventure stories are so popular; most of us hunger for adventure when we are children—and most adults hunger to feel what it is like to be a child again.
Example 2
Gulliver’s Travels is a satirical adventure novel by author Jonathan Swift. In this classic of English literature, a man named Gulliver is shipwrecked on a strange island, and from then on encounters many unusual people, places, and things. Swift’s adventure story is unusual, however, because it satirizes many elements of a traditional adventure story and parodies “traveler’s tales,” which were popular during Swift’s lifetime in the 1700’s. Below is a passage that expresses Gulliver’s observations upon reaching a new land:
I did not discover any good effects they produced; but on the contrary, I never knew a soil so unhappily cultivated, houses so ill contrived and so ruinous, or a people whose countenances and habit expressed so much misery and want.
Swift’s novel is a commentary on society, politics, religion, morality, and other social topics. In the above passage, Swift actually makes fun of a traditional adventure story by providing a detailed description of a miserable and unimpressive place. Some of Gulliver’s travels lead him to interesting and awing discoveries, while others lead to boring and disappointing discoveries.
VI. Examples of Adventure in Pop Culture
Example 1
Hook is a fantasy adventure movie based on the beloved fairy tale and adventure story Peter Pan. In the film (not in the original story) Peter is a middle-aged workaholic who overlooks his family. One night, the villainous pirate Captain Hook kidnaps his children—because Peter is actually the grown up Peter Pan, but he doesn’t remember his life in Neverland. He returns to Neverland to get his children back, and goes on a wild adventure. After rejoining the Lost Boys and Tinkerbell, Peter resumes his identity as the hero Peter Pan, and confronts Captain Hook.
Hook (5/8) Movie CLIP — Peter Confronts Hook (1991) HD
Peter and his Lost Boys face Captain Hook and his crew in an important battle in Neverland’s history. It is what Peter’s whole adventure has been leading to and what the audience has been waiting for throughout the story.
Example 2
Treasure Planet is an animated adaptation of the famous adventure novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the film, the young protagonist Jim Hawkins sets out on a quest to find the mysterious treasure planet, which legend claims is home to the infamous Captain Flint’s vast collection of hidden treasure.
Treasure planet — trailer HD HQ
Adventure stories can be changed to take place in any time or location. The classic story of Treasure Island is reset in the future, with flying ships and strange aliens, robots and interstellar travel; it achieves the same feelings as Treasure Island but in a new and exciting way.
VII. Related Terms
Fantasy
Fantasy a genre of fiction that concentrates on imaginary elements (the fantastic). This can mean magic, the supernatural, alternate worlds, superheroes, monsters, fairies, magical creatures, and mythological heroes. Many adventure stories involve elements of fantasy, but not all fantasy stories are necessarily adventure stories.
Adventure Fiction
Adventure fiction is a genre of literature that features stories of adventure, such as world travel, difficult quests, voyages of discovery, and other journeys. They might involve things like pirates and buried treasure, the search for a secret place or object, or a quest or expedition whose success is crucial for personal or societal reasons.
VIII. Conclusion
In conclusion, adventure allows the audience to escape into exciting stories about faraway places, long hidden secrets, and voyages of discovery. It is an age-old genre that has been popular among all ages since the beginning of literature because human beings are born with imaginations—perhaps our most unique quality among all animals!
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/, /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/
- Hyphenation: ad‧ven‧ture
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of «to happen, befall» (see also advene).
Noun[edit]
adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)
- The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
- A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
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A life full of adventures.
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- A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
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his sense of adventure
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- (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
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1984 May, “Spyplane”, in Crash[1], number 4, (review):
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The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure.
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1988 May, Mike Gerrard, “The Guild of Thieves [review]”, in Your Sinclair[2], number 29, archived from the original on 26 May 2013:
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To sum up, I think this is definitely one of the best adventures around for the Spectrum now, along with Gnome Ranger[…]
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1992 October, Horsfield, Larry, “The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games”, in Sinclair User, number 128:
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Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a ‘map’ of the adventure as you move around.
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- (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
- (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
- He was in great adventure of his life.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
Synonyms[edit]
- (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (chance of danger or loss): hazard
- (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger
Antonyms[edit]
(desire for new and exciting things): abstention
Derived terms[edit]
- action adventure
- adventure education
- adventure playground
- adventure therapy
- at adventure
- at all adventures
- bill of adventure
- choose your own adventure
- choose-your-own-adventure
- gross adventure
- high adventure
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- advent
- advene
Translations[edit]
encountering of risks
- Albanian: aventurë (sq) f
- Arabic: مُغَامَرَة f (muḡāmara)
- Hijazi Arabic: مُغامرة f (muḡāmara)
- Armenian: արկածախնդիր (hy) (arkacaxndir), արկած (hy) (arkac), ավանտուրա (avantura), ավանտյուրա (hy) (avantyura), ադվենչիր (advenčʿir) (slang, vulgar, but not transliterated)
- Azerbaijani: avantüra, macəra (az)
- Bashkir: мажара (majara)
- Basque: abentura
- Belarusian: аванту́ра f (avantúra), прыго́да f (pryhóda)
- Bulgarian: авантю́ра (bg) f (avantjúra), приключе́ние (bg) n (priključénie), похожде́ние (bg) n (pohoždénie)
- Catalan: aventura (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冒險／冒险 (zh) (màoxiǎn)
- Crimean Tatar: avantüra
- Czech: dobrodružství (cs) n
- Dutch: avontuur (nl) n
- Esperanto: aventuro
- Estonian: seiklus
- Finnish: seikkailu (fi)
- French: aventure (fr) f
- Galician: aventura f
- Georgian: თავგადასავალი (tavgadasavali)
- German: Abenteuer (de) n, Wagnis (de) n
- Hawaiian: hoʻopīhoihoi
- Hebrew: הַרְפַּתְקָה (he) f (harpatká)
- Hungarian: kaland (hu)
- Indonesian: petualangan (id)
- Irish: eachtra (ga) f
- Italian: avventura (it) f, peripezia (it) f
- Japanese: 冒険 (ja) (ぼうけん, bōken)
- Khmer: ការដើរផ្សងព្រេង (daə phsɑɑng preing)
- Korean: 모험(冒險) (ko) (moheom)
- Latin: periculum (la) n, discrimen (la) n
- Latvian: piedzīvojums m
- Lithuanian: nuotykis m
- Macedonian: авантура f (avantura)
- Malay: pengembaraan
- Malayalam: സാഹസം (ml) (sāhasaṃ)
- Maori: rāwekeweke, mahi mātātoa
- Mirandese: abintura f
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: адал явдал (adal javdal), аванту́ра f
- Nahuatl: tetzauhyōtl
- Old English: belimp n
- Persian: ماجرا (fa) (mâjarâ)
- Polish: przygoda (pl) f, awantura (pl) f
- Portuguese: aventura (pt) f
- Romanian: aventură (ro) f
- Russian: авантю́ра (ru) f (avantjúra), приключе́ние (ru) n (priključénije), похожде́ние (ru) n (poxoždénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пустоло̀вина f
- Roman: pustolòvina (sh) f, avantúra (sh) f
- Slovak: dobrodružstvo n
- Slovene: pustolovščina f
- Spanish: aventura (es) f
- Swedish: äventyr (sv) n
- Tagalog: pakikipagsapalaran
- Tajik: моҷаро (mojaro)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: การผจญภัย (th) (gaan-pà-jon-pai), การเสี่ยงภัย
- Turkish: avantür (tr), macera (tr)
- Ukrainian: авантю́ра (uk) f (avantjúra), приго́да f (pryhóda)
- Uzbek: sarguzasht (uz), mojaro (uz)
- Vietnamese: mạo hiểm (vi)
- Volapük: ventür (vo)
- Walloon: avirete (wa) f
- Welsh: antur (cy) f, anturiau (cy) f pl
- Yiddish: אַוואַנטורע f (avanture)
mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard
- Arabic: مُجَازَفَة f (mujāzafa), مُغَامَرَة f (muḡāmara)
- Belarusian: аванту́ра f (avantúra)
- Bulgarian: авантю́ра (bg) f (avantjúra)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 投機／投机 (zh) (tóujī)
- Crimean Tatar: avantüra
- Dutch: risico (nl) n, avontuur (nl) n
- Estonian: seiklus
- Finnish: seikkailu (fi)
- French: aventure (fr) f
- Italian: rischio (it) m, speculazione (it) f
- Japanese: 投機 (ja) (とうき, tōki)
- Korean: 투기(投機) (ko) (tugi)
- Latin: periculum (la) n, discrimen (la) n
- Russian: авантю́ра (ru) f (avantjúra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: аванту́ра f
- Roman: avantúra (sh) f
- Ukrainian: авантю́ра (uk) f (avantjúra)
- Volapük: ventür (vo)
that which happens without design
- Afrikaans: avontuur
- Albanian: aventurë (sq)
- Arabic: مُجَازَفَة f (mujāzafa)
- Basque: abentura
- Bulgarian: авантю́ра (bg) f (avantjúra), приключе́ние (bg) n (priključénie)
- Catalan: aventura (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冒險／冒险 (zh) (màoxiǎn)
- Dutch: avontuur (nl) n
- Estonian: seiklus
- Finnish: sattuma (fi)
- French: aventure (fr) f
- German: Abenteuer (de) n
- Middle High German: aventiure
- Hebrew: הַרְפַּתְקָה (he) f (harpatká)
- Icelandic: ævintýri (is)
- Indonesian: petualangan (id)
- Italian: avventura (it) f
- Japanese: 冒険 (ja) (ぼうけん, bōken)
- Korean: 모험(冒險) (ko) (moheom)
- Latin: fortuna f, casus (la) m, eventa n pl
- Malay: pengembaraan
- Maltese: avventura f
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хийморь (mn) (xiimorʹ)
- Polish: wypadek (pl) m, przypadek (pl) m
- Portuguese: aventura (pt) f, peripécia (pt) f, acaso (pt) m
- Russian: приключе́ние (ru) n (priključénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пустоло̀вина f
- Roman: pustolòvina (sh) f
- Spanish: aventura (es) f
- Turkish: macera (tr), seruven
- Vietnamese: mạo hiểm (vi)
- Volapük: ventür (vo)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.
Verb[edit]
adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)
- (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
- (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, →OCLC, page 150:
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Yet they adventured to go back; but it was ſo dark, and the flood was ſo high, that in their going back, they had like to have been drowned nine or ten times..
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- c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:
- Discriminations might be adventured.
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- (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
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1792, Anthony à Wood, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: […], volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Gutch, →OCLC, page 661:
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The year following the ſaid [William] Warham was tranſlated to Canterbury, at whoſe inthronization ſomething occurred relating to this Univerſity; which though a little out of the road, yet I ſhall adventure to remember it, and it is this.
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Derived terms[edit]
- adventurer
- adventuresome
- adventuress
- adventurous
- adventurously
- adventurousness
Translations[edit]
to risk
- Dutch: wagen (nl), riskeren (nl)
- Finnish: ottaa riski, riskeerata (fi)
- Malayalam: സാഹസപ്പെടുക (sāhasappeṭuka)
- Russian: рискова́ть (ru) impf (riskovátʹ), рискну́ть (ru) pf (risknútʹ)
- Spanish: aventura (es)
to run the risk of
- Dutch: wagen (nl), riskeren (nl)
- Finnish: riskeerata (fi)
- Malayalam: സാഹസമെടുക്കുക (sāhasameṭukkuka)
- Russian: рискова́ть (ru) impf (riskovátʹ), рискну́ть (ru) pf (risknútʹ)
Further reading[edit]
- adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[edit]
- aventured, unaverted
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
adventūre
- vocative masculine singular of adventūrus
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- aventure
Etymology[edit]
From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin adventūrum.
Noun[edit]
adventure f (plural adventures)
- adventure
- fortune
Adventure is a word that is so often used, but does anyone REALLY know what it means?
What is adventure? What does it mean to be adventurous?
Heck, our blog name even has the word adventure in it! Does it always have to entail jumping off airplanes or diving through shipwrecks (both of which we’ve actually done)? Sure, by those standards you could say Tom and I are adventurous travelers.
We love going off to the unknown to experience something new. If we were standing by a waterfall and someone tells Tom to jump, without blinking an eye, he would. Our bucket list consists of cage diving with great white sharks, trekking through the Amazon Jungle, and bungee jumping off a bridge.
But, is that really what adventure is?
I turned to my trusty friend Google and it gave me the definition of;
Adventure Meaning
“Engaging in an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.”
Sure, that covered all our bases, but to us, adventure means so much more. Yes, we realize that our idea of adventure may be completely different from the person sitting next to us.
We might find that eating strange Filipino street food (like fried bugs and animal innards) is adventurous to us, but to the average local person, eating those is part of their everyday life.
Although somewhat perplexing, I realized that it was part of the beauty of adventure. It is the fact that each person has a different opinion of what adventure is.
To us,
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Adventure is about…
going out of your comfort zone to open yourself up to the experiences and beauty that life gives you, no matter what path you choose to go on.
Adventure is all about taking each experience, regardless if you know the outcome or not and facing it head-on. It is about seeing the world from a different perspective, even if you’ve seen it a million times before.
It is choosing to see the beauty from the ordinary and finding ways on how to do it differently.
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So just because we are jumping off 200m high gorges, bathing elephant and climbing volcanoes, does it mean that our adventure is better than everyone else’s? Absolutely not.
To us, adventure is stepping out of your comfort zone by doing something that you normally wouldn’t do. From helping out a random person to working up the courage to make friends with a stranger. It is about finding something that you love and pursuing it relentlessly.
always about going away to some exotic destination, but about finding excitement in both the new and the old.
It is exploring where you are and choosing to look at it differently. It’s about going on a road trip not because you want to reach a particular destination, but because the journey there would awesome! Adventure can be found in our everyday lives. In the little things. If only you choose to see it.
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Adventure Could Mean…
taking the selfless leap of raising a family.
Massive recognition needs to be given to people entering the roller coaster of parenthood as they take on the role of becoming a mother and father, or sometimes even both. Both my sisters are raising families of their own and there isn’t a day that goes by where I am not proud of what they are doing.
For some people, getting married and having kids may be the biggest adventure that they will ever take on, but they do it none the less. They face it with nothing but determination and selflessness in order to provide the best for their families.
Adventure Could Also Mean…
working your ass off to become successful in your job.
Whether you are building a business or making a name for yourself in your company, if that is what you want in life, why should you not view it as an adventure? Some people put their blood, sweat and tears into a job where they constantly strive to build their skills on a daily basis.
As long as you see the bigger picture and are working towards a goal, pursuing your career could be your adventure. To us, growing this blog has been an adventure in itself. It has its ups and its downs, but every day, we wake up realizing how lucky we are to be able to pursue our passions in life.
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Adventure could mean spicing up your daily routine by trying out a new meal, ordering your coffee in a different way, or even something as simple as trying out a new look from time to time. In any situation, you can find different ways to be adventurous as you try something new and exciting.
Adventure is about trying out new experiences, whether you will like it or not. I must admit that even though I have jumped off planes and have done more adventurous things than anyone in my family, I often get scared. Just the thought of jumping off high places make my palms sweat and my heart race.
However, I do them anyways. Why? Because I don’t want to live my life in the safety of my comfort zone. I want to live a life that exhilarates and excites me.
At the End of the Day, Adventure is About…
seizing opportunities and taking on life with nothing but passion, enthusiasm and excitement.
Our point is that every day should be treated as an adventure. Whether you are hiking through the Sahara desert, growing an enterprise, or chasing your kids down your yard, choose to look every day with a sense of marvel and excitement.
Dare yourself to do something out of the ordinary and breakaway from your everyday routines.
This is what adventure means to us. Pursuing whatever you want out of life relentlessly and passionately. So to those that say adventure is only for those that hike through caves and trek through jungles, hear this. Adventure is a choice.
Life is a big adventure and it is up to YOU to choose how you are going to live it.
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