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• adventure — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, epic, exciting, great, wonderful ▪ little ▪ We had a little adventure yesterday. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• adventure — ad|ven|ture [ədˈventʃə US ər] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : 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 ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• adventure */*/ — UK [ədˈventʃə(r)] / US [ədˈventʃər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms adventure : singular adventure plural adventures a) an exciting, unusual, and sometimes dangerous experience I decided I was ready for an adventure after college. The… …   English dictionary

• adventure — ad|ven|ture [ əd ventʃər ] noun count or uncount ** an exciting, unusual, and sometimes dangerous experience: I decided I was ready for an adventure after college. The children were looking for adventure. a. uncount the feeling that you want to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Adventure therapy — as a distinct and separate form of therapeutic process has only been prominent for less than 40 years. Influences from a variety of learning and psychological theories have contributed to the complex theoretical combination within adventure… …   Wikipedia

• Adventure — Ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of to happen, befall. See Advene.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Adventure game — An adventure game is a type of video game characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex based challenges. The term originates from the 1970s game… …   Wikipedia

• Adventure Island (video game) — For the Game Boy version of Adventure Island, see Adventure Island II. For the PC Engine game of the same name, see Dragon s Curse. Adventure Island Cover art of Adventure Island (North American NES version) Developer(s) Escape/Hudson …   Wikipedia

• adventure — A hazardous and striking enterprise. A bold undertaking accompanied by possible hazards, risks and unforeseen events. A common word in marine insurance policies, used as synonymous, or nearly so, with perils. A shipment of goods in charge of an… …   Black's law dictionary

• adventure — A hazardous and striking enterprise. A bold undertaking accompanied by possible hazards, risks and unforeseen events. A common word in marine insurance policies, used as synonymous, or nearly so, with perils. A shipment of goods in charge of an… …   Black's law dictionary

• Toward the Age of Common Sense — ▪ 1995 by Sir Peter Ustinov       I am not one of those who can easily tell the difference between year and year, like a meteorologist with reliable charts to go by. I am not even one who can refer to a kind of event or quirk of fashion as… …   Universalium