Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at a venture

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: at a ven-ture
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly

Dated

Example Sentences

"For when the Mind is once re-pleniſh’d with ſound and good Principles, not taken up at a Venture, but upon the most mature Deliberation, what can we reaſonably expect, but that it ſhould exert it ſelf in a ſuitable Manner upon all proper Occaſions."
"For my own part, I never in my life began a letter more at a venture than the present."
"He had nothing better to do than to take chance for his guide, and to go at a venture through the streets of the city."

Etymology

From earlier at adventure, with the same meaning, from Anglo-Norman and Old French a l'aventure (“at random”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, a l'aventure

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does at a venture mean?: at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly
Where does at a venture come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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