venture

venture
venture [{{t}}'ventʃə(r)]
1 noun
(a) (undertaking) entreprise f périlleuse ou risquée; (adventure) aventure f; (project) projet m, entreprise f;
∎ his latest film venture sa dernière entreprise cinématographique;
∎ it's his first venture into politics c'est la première fois qu'il s'aventure dans la politique;
∎ this venture into advertising/fiction cette incursion dans la publicité/fiction
(b) {{}}Commerce{{}} & {{}}Finance{{}} (firm) entreprise f;
∎ a business venture une entreprise commerciale, un coup d'essai commercial
(c) (idiom)
∎ at a venture au hasard
2 transitive verb
(a) (risk → fortune, life) hasarder, risquer;
∎ he ventured a glance at her il risqua un coup d'œil dans sa direction;
∎ {{}}proverb{{}} nothing ventured nothing gained qui ne risque rien n'a rien
(b) (proffer → opinion, suggestion) hasarder, avancer, risquer;
∎ she didn't dare venture an opinion on the subject elle n'a pas osé exprimer sa pensée à ce sujet;
∎ if I may venture a guess/an opinion si je peux me permettre d'avancer une hypothèse/une opinion
(c) (dare) oser;
∎ to venture to do sth s'aventurer ou se hasarder à faire qch;
∎ he ventured to contradict her il a osé la contredire
3 intransitive verb
(a) (embark) se lancer;
∎ the government has ventured on a new defence policy le gouvernement s'est lancé dans ou a entrepris une nouvelle politique de défense;
∎ to venture into politics se lancer dans la politique
(b) (go)
∎ to venture in/out prendre le risque d'entrer/de sortir, se risquer à entrer/à sortir;
∎ I wouldn't venture out of doors in this weather je ne me risquerais pas à sortir par ce temps;
∎ don't venture too far across the ice ne va pas trop loin sur la glace;
∎ don't venture too far from the beach ne t'éloigne pas trop de la plage;
∎ he ventured into the woods il s'est hasardé dans les bois;
∎ {{}}literary{{}} the explorers ventured forth into the jungle les explorateurs se sont lancés dans la jungle
►► {{}}Finance{{}} venture capital capital-risque m;
venture capital company société f à capital-risque;
venture capital trust fonds m commun de placement à risques;
{{}}Finance{{}} venture capitalist pourvoyeur(euse) m,f de capital-risque, spécialiste mf de la prise de risques (dans la finance);
{{}}British{{}} Venture Scout éclaireur m (de grade supérieur)

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