- venture
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ exciting▪ latest, new▪ profitable, successful▪ costly, expensive, unprofitable▪ failed, ill-fated, unsuccessful▪ ambitious, bold, high-risk, risky, speculative▪ collaborative, cooperative, joint▪
a joint-venture company
▪ private, solo▪ entrepreneurial, start-up▪ business, commercial, corporate, financial, moneymaking▪ Internet, publishingVERB + VENTURE▪ embark on, undertake▪The directors of the company refused to undertake such a risky venture.
▪ establish, launch, set up, start▪The company has set up a joint venture with a company in Austria.
▪ finance, fund▪ join, join in, join sb in▪His son Mark will be joining him in the new venture.
VENTURE + NOUN▪ capital, funding, funds, money▪ capitalistPREPOSITION▪ venture by▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a cooperative venture by companies at the science park
verbADVERB▪ cautiously▪She ventured cautiously into the room.
▪ never, occasionally, rarely, seldom▪They never ventured from their buildings after sunset.
▪ far, further/farther, further/farther afield▪Some of the men ventured farther out to sea.
▪ close, deep▪He ventured deeper into the forest.
▪ abroad (esp. BrE), back, down, forth, inside, off, out, outside▪We ventured down to the south coast over the weekend.
▪A few people ventured out into the street.
VERB + VENTURE▪ dare (to)▪She would not have dared venture here alone.
▪ decide toPREPOSITION▪ away from, beyond, down, into, out of, to▪They rarely ventured beyond their local town.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
