ventured
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
An inflected form of venture · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,544 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,659 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers also: embark We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation also: guess, pretend, hazard I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise againI cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
- put at risk also: hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize I will stake my good reputation for this
ventured in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But he never ventured very far out.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Happy it was for us, when, upon the signal given, they ventured out their boats to save our lives.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The Englishmen now ventured to come out from their hiding places, and to think of devising some means of escape.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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Will Sommers was a great favourite with the king, and ventured upon familiarities which no one else dared to use with him.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1