venture
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Types & categories
- task hypernym
- joint venture hyponym
- experiment hyponym
- crusade hyponym
- sallying forth hyponym
- risk hyponym
Related & opposite
- venture derivation
Sense 2 verb
proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer
Types & categories
- go hypernym
Related & opposite
- venture derivation
- adventurer derivation
Sense 3 noun
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
Types & categories
- investment funds hypernym
- gamble hyponym
- smart money hyponym
- pyramid hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
Types & categories
- speculate hypernym
- prognosticate hyponym
- suspect hyponym
Related & opposite
- dead reckoning derivation
- supposition derivation
- guesser derivation
- fortune derivation
Sense 5 noun
a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
Types & categories
- business enterprise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
put at risk
I will stake my good reputation for this
Types & categories
- risk hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | venture |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | task |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joint venture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | experiment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crusade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sallying forth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | risk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | venture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventurer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | go |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | job |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stake |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | daring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | investment funds |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | smart money |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyramid |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dead reckoning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortune |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | speculate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prognosticate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stake |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | daring |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | business enterprise |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | escapade |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | venture |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventurer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | venture |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bet |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | risk |