MEANING
1. To go, act, or offer a thought despite uncertainty or risk.
2. An undertaking involving uncertainty, effort, or financial risk.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- venture outside
- venture an opinion
On the page
She ventured an alternative explanation.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- venture
- Past tense
- ventured
- Past participle
- ventured
- Present participle
- venturing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- venture
- Present continuous
- am/is/are venturing
- Present perfect
- have/has ventured
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been venturing
- Past
- ventured
- Past continuous
- was/were venturing
- Past perfect
- had ventured
- Past perfect continuous
- had been venturing
- Future
- will venture
- Future continuous
- will be venturing
- Future perfect
- will have ventured
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been venturing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: venture; ventures; ventured; ventured; venturing. Noun singular venture; plural ventures. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: ventures.
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