| NOUN | act | venture | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
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| possession | venture, speculation | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits / profits | |
| act | venture | a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit | |
| VERB | social | venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers |
| communication | venture, guess, pretend, hazard | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
| social | venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize | put at risk |
| Sounds | veh'ncher | |
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| Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... | |
| Meaning | Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome. | |
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| Narrower | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
| experiment | A venture at something new or different | |
| joint venture | A venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise | |
| risk, peril, danger | A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | |
| sally, sallying forth | A venture off the beaten path | |
| Broader | undertaking, project, task, labor | Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
| Spanish | aventura, empresa arriesgada | |
| Catalan | empresa arriscada | |
| Verbs | venture | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers |
| Meaning | An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits / profits. | |
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| Synonym | speculation | |
| Narrower | gamble | money that is risked for possible monetary gain |
| pyramid | (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases | |
| smart money | money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information) | |
| Broader | investment, investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit |
| Spanish | especulación | |
| Catalan | especulació | |
| Adjectives | venturous | disposed to venture or take risks |
| Verbs | venture | put at risk |
| Meaning | A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit. | |
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| Broader | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
| Adjectives | venturous | disposed to venture or take risks |
| Verbs | venture | put at risk |
| Meaning | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" | |
| Synonym | embark | |
| Broader | go, proceed, move | Follow a procedure or take a course |
| Spanish | arriesgarse, arriesgar, aventurarse, aventurar, embarcarse, embarcar | |
| Catalan | arriscar-se, aventurar-se, aventurar, embarcar-se | |
| Nouns | venture | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
| venturer | a person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys taking risks | |
| Meaning | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | guess, pretend, hazard | |
| Narrower | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise | make a prediction about |
| suspect, surmise | imagine to be the case or true or probable | |
| Broader | speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion |
| Spanish | adivinar, aparentar, aventurar, conjeturar, especular, fingir | |
| Catalan | aparentar, aventurar, conjecturar, endevinar, fingir | |
| Meaning | put at risk. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize | |
| Broader | risk, put on the line, lay on the line | expose to a chance of loss or damage |
| Spanish | aventurar, poner en peligro | |
| Catalan | arriscar, aventurar | |
| Nouns | venture | a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit |
| venture | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits / profits | |
| venturer | a person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys taking risks | |
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