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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
venture
ven·ture [venture ventures ventured venturing] noun, verb BrE [ˈventʃə(r)] NAmE [ˈventʃər]
noun
a business project or activity, especially one that involves taking risks
Syn: ↑undertaking
• A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.
see also ↑joint venture
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘adventure’, also ‘risk the loss of’): shortening of ↑adventure.
Example Bank:
•The company has set up a joint venture with a company in Austria.
•The directors of the company refused to undertake such a risky venture.
•a cooperative venture by companies at the science park
•a joint-venture company
•The project is a joint venture between the public and private sectors.
Idiom: ↑nothing ventured, nothing gained
Derived: ↑venture on something
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. to go somewhere even though you know that it might be dangerous or unpleasant
• They ventured nervously into the water.
• He's never ventured abroad in his life.
2. transitive (formal)to say or do sth in a careful way, especially because it might upset or offend sb
•~ sth She hardly dared to venture an opinion.
•He ventured a tentative smile.
•~ to do sth I ventured to suggest that she might have made a mistake.
•+ speech ‘And if I say no?’ she ventured.
•~ that… He ventured that the data might be flawed.
3. transitive ~ sth (on sth) to risk losing sth valuable or important if you are not successful at sth
Syn: ↑gamble
•It was wrong to venture his financial security on such a risky deal.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘adventure’, also ‘risk the loss of’): shortening of ↑adventure.
Example Bank:
•A few people ventured out into the street.
•He ventured deeper into the forest.
•She ventured cautiously into the room.
•She would not have dared venture here alone.
•Some of the men ventured farther out to sea.
•They never ventured from their buildings after sunset.
•They rarely ventured beyond their local market town.
•We ventured down to the south coast over the weekend.
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