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Venture

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.

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Narrower term 14

Agiotage 76% connected

Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.

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Campaign 76% connected

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Crusade 76% connected

Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the…

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Danger 76% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Experiment 76% connected

Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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Gamble 76% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Peril 76% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

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Pyramid 76% connected

A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Sally 76% connected

To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

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Manner of action 9

Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Forebode 76% connected

To foretell.

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Foretell 76% connected

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

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Predict 76% connected

To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

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Prognosticate 76% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Surmise 76% connected

A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

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Suspect 76% connected

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Investment 76% connected

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Speculate 76% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Derivationally related 12

Adventure 74% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Adventure 74% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Adventurer 74% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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Adventurer 74% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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Chance 74% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Chance 74% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Embark 74% connected

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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Embark 74% connected

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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Jeopardize 74% connected

To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

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Jeopardize 74% connected

To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

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Venturous 74% connected

Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.

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Venturous 74% connected

Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.

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Synonym 8

Adventure 92% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Embark 92% connected

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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Guess 92% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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Hazard 92% connected

A game of chance played with dice.

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Jeopardize 92% connected

To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

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Pretend 92% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Speculation 92% connected

The act of speculating.

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Stake 92% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

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