1. venture - Noun
2. venture - Verb
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.
An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. Charles Caleb Colton
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Walter Scott
I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf
He who does not venture has no luck. Mexican Proverb
Venture all; see what fate brings. Vietnamese Proverb
He that dares not venture must not complain of ill luck. Danish Proverb