Adventureとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, borrowed from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).

名詞

adventure (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 adventures)

1. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
   • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     He loved excitement and adventure.

2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

   A life full of adventures.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
4. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

   his sense of adventure

5. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
   • 1984 May, “Spyplane”, in Crash‎^[1], number 4, (review):

     The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure.

   • 1988 May, Gerrard, Mike, “The Guild Of Thieves”, in Your Sinclair‎^[2], number 29, (review):

     To sum up, I think this is definitely one of the best adventures around for the Spectrum now, along with Gnome Ranger […]

   • 1992 October, Horsfield, Larry, “The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games”, in Sinclair User, number 128:

     Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a 'map' of the adventure as you move around.

6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
   • (Can we date this quote by Berners かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     He was in great adventure of his life.

同意語

• (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
• (chance of danger または loss): hazard
• (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger

反意語

• abstention, peradventure, unadventurous

派生語

• at all adventures

関連する語

• advent
• advene

語源 2

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

動詞

adventure (三人称単数 現在形 adventures, 現在分詞 adventuring, 過去形および過去分詞形 adventured)

1. (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 19:31:

     And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

2. (transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bunyan かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Yet they adventured to go back.

   • (Can we date this quote by J. Taylor かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Discriminations might be adventured.

3. (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
   • 1792, Anthony à Wood, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: In Two Books‎^[3], volume 1, Oxford: John Gutch, OCLC 642441055, page 661:

     The year following the ſaid [William] Warham was tranſlated to Canterbury, at whoſe inthronization ſomething occurred relating to this Univerſity; which though a little out of the road, yet I ſhall adventure to remember it, and it is this.

派生語

• adventurer
• adventuresome
• adventuress
• adventurous
• adventurously
• adventurousness

参照

• adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• aventured, unaverted

Latin

Participle

adventūre

1. vocative masculine singular of adventūrus