What does venture mean?
Word: Venture
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Venture means a new and risky plan, trip or business. As a verb, to venture is to dare to go somewhere or do something risky.
Synonyms: undertaking, enterprise
How do you spell venture?
Syllables: ven - ture
Tricky part: The ending is ture, though it sounds like cher. Vencher and venchure are the usual mistakes.
Watch out for: vencher, venchure, ventur
Memory tip: Picture, nature and venture all end in the same ture, so if you can spell picture, you can spell venture.
Idioms and Phrases
- nothing ventured, nothing gained: you cannot achieve anything if you never take a chance Example: "Tanya was nervous about the school election, but she thought, nothing ventured, nothing gained."
Venture in a sentence
Example 1: Rani's new venture is a small bakery near the bus depot in Pune.
Example 2: The children ventured into the dark cave with one torch between them.
Example 3: Do not venture out on the lake when the wind is strong.
Fun Fact
Venture capital is money given to new companies that might fail but could also grow very large. Many well-known apps began with this kind of money.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) venture
b) explorar
c) captin
d) tresure
Show answer
a) venture. Explorer ends in er, treasure has an a after the e, and captain ends in ain.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
venture
a) puzzle
b) reward
c) project
d) problem
Show answer
c) project. A project is a planned piece of work, close to the business sense of venture.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ernutev
a) nurture
b) return
c) venture
d) venue
Show answer
c) venture. Venue uses only five of the letters, return has no v, and nurture would need another u and another r.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
vennture
a) t
b) u
c) e
d) n
Show answer
d) n. The first part is ven, a short e and one n, as in vent.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The two friends started a new venture selling handmade bags. What did they start?
a) a homework task
b) a small business
c) a long holiday
d) a cooking class
Show answer
b) a small business
2. If you venture into the forest, you ____.
a) go in, though it may be risky
b) stay safely at its edge
c) look at it from a hill
d) walk round it on a path
Show answer
a) go in, though it may be risky
