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venture

('v/E/n/tS//@/r )

any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits(noun.possession)

Synonym:
speculation

source: wordnet30
a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.(noun)

source: webster1913

proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers(verb.social)

Example:
We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer.

Synonym:
embark

source: wordnet30
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation(verb.communication)

Synonym:
guess, hazard, pretend

source: wordnet30
put at risk(verb.social)

Synonym:
adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake

source: wordnet30
To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.(verb)

source: webster1913
To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.(verb)

source: webster1913

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