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1 venture
venture ['ventʃə(r)]1 noun(a) (undertaking) entreprise f périlleuse ou risquée; (adventure) aventure f; (project) projet m, entreprise f;∎ his latest film venture sa dernière entreprise cinématographique;∎ it's his first venture into politics c'est la première fois qu'il s'aventure dans la politique;∎ this venture into advertising/fiction cette incursion dans la publicité/fiction∎ a business venture une entreprise commerciale, un coup d'essai commercial∎ at a venture au hasard(a) (risk → fortune, life) hasarder, risquer;∎ he ventured a glance at her il risqua un coup d'œil dans sa direction;∎ proverb nothing ventured nothing gained qui ne risque rien n'a rien(b) (proffer → opinion, suggestion) hasarder, avancer, risquer;∎ she didn't dare venture an opinion on the subject elle n'a pas osé exprimer sa pensée à ce sujet;∎ if I may venture a guess/an opinion si je peux me permettre d'avancer une hypothèse/une opinion∎ to venture to do sth s'aventurer ou se hasarder à faire qch;∎ he ventured to contradict her il a osé la contredire∎ the government has ventured on a new defence policy le gouvernement s'est lancé dans ou a entrepris une nouvelle politique de défense;∎ to venture into politics se lancer dans la politique∎ to venture in/out prendre le risque d'entrer/de sortir, se risquer à entrer/à sortir;∎ I wouldn't venture out of doors in this weather je ne me risquerais pas à sortir par ce temps;∎ don't venture too far across the ice ne va pas trop loin sur la glace;∎ don't venture too far from the beach ne t'éloigne pas trop de la plage;∎ he ventured into the woods il s'est hasardé dans les bois;∎ literary the explorers ventured forth into the jungle les explorateurs se sont lancés dans la jungle►► Finance venture capital capital-risque m;venture capital company société f à capital-risque;venture capital trust fonds m commun de placement à risques;Finance venture capitalist pourvoyeur(euse) m,f de capital-risque, spécialiste mf de la prise de risques (dans la finance);British Venture Scout éclaireur m (de grade supérieur) -
2 embark
embark [ɪm'bɑ:k](passengers, cargo) embarquerembarquer, monter à bord(journey, career) commencer, entreprendre; (explanation, venture) se lancer dans; (risky operations) se lancer dans, s'embarquer dans
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venture — venturer, n. /ven cheuhr/, n., v., ventured, venturing, adj. n. 1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, esp. a risky or dangerous one: a mountain climbing venture. 2. a business enterprise or speculation in which something is… … Universalium
venture — ven•ture [[t]ˈvɛn tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) an undertaking involving risk or uncertainty 2) bus a business enterprise in which something is risked in the hope of profit 3) the money or property risked in such an enterprise 4) to expose to … From formal English to slang
venture — ven·ture / ven chər/ n: an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger; esp: a speculative business enterprise see also joint venture Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
embark — I verb auspicate, begin, commence, conscendere, engage in an enterprise, enter, enter upon, get under way, go into, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, make a beginning, originate, plunge into, rationem inire, set out, start, start out, take … Law dictionary
venture — Synonyms and related words: accept, advance, adventure, affair, agiotage, approach, arbitrage, assay, assume, attack, attempt, banter, be a man, be caught short, be short, beard, belong, bet, brave, broach, bucket, bucketshop, buckle to, business … Moby Thesaurus
embark on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms embark on : present tense I/you/we/they embark on he/she/it embarks on present participle embarking on past tense embarked on past participle embarked on 1) embark on or embark upon to start a new project or… … English dictionary
venture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exciting ▪ latest, new ▪ profitable, successful ▪ costly, expensive … Collocations dictionary
embark — verb PHRASAL VERB embark on/upon sth ADVERB ▪ immediately ▪ reluctantly ▪ recently ▪ The company has recently embarked on a new venture … Collocations dictionary
embark on — phr verb Embark on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑passenger Embark on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adventure, ↑career, ↑crusade, ↑enterprise, ↑exercise, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑programme, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
embark upon — Synonyms and related words: accept, assume, attack, attempt, buckle to, come out, embark in, embark on, endeavor, engage in, enter, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get under way, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go upon, have at,… … Moby Thesaurus
embark — /ɛmˈbak / (say em bahk) verb (i) 1. to board a ship, as for a voyage. 2. to engage in an enterprise, business, etc.: *Much too tired (and too rusty) to embark on a piece of work that demanded utmost care and discrimination. –henry handel… …