| dare | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dare, daring | a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.; "he could never refuse a dare" |
| ~ challenge | a call to engage in a contest or fight. |
| v. (social) | 2. dare, make bold, presume | take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.; "How dare you call my lawyer?" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 3. dare | to be courageous enough to try or do something.; "I don't dare call him"; "she dares to dress differently from the others" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (communication) | 4. dare, defy | challenge.; "I dare you!" |
| ~ brazen | face with defiance or impudence.; "brazen it out" |
| ~ challenge | issue a challenge to.; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |
| venture | | |
| n. (act) | 1. venture | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome. |
| ~ joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise.; "a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows" |
| ~ experiment | a venture at something new or different.; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| ~ crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" |
| ~ sallying forth, sally | a venture off the beaten path.; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home" |
| ~ danger, risk, peril | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury.; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" |
| n. (possession) | 2. speculation, venture | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" |
| ~ investment funds, investment | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ gamble | money that is risked for possible monetary gain. |
| ~ smart money | money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information). |
| ~ pyramid | (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases. |
| n. (act) | 3. venture | a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit. |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| v. (social) | 4. embark, venture | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" |
| ~ go, proceed, move | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| v. (communication) | 5. guess, hazard, pretend, venture | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" |
| ~ forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call | make a prediction about; tell in advance.; "Call the outcome of an election" |
| ~ suspect, surmise | imagine to be the case or true or probable.; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" |
| ~ speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion.; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" |
| v. (social) | 6. adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture | put at risk.; "I will stake my good reputation for this" |
| ~ lay on the line, put on the line, risk | expose to a chance of loss or damage.; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" |
| embezzle | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" |
| ~ fiddle | commit fraud and steal from one's employer.; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
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