Adventure

Adventure (ad-ven-chur)

Adventure is a term that refers to an exciting or unusual experience. It may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome.

Etymology

The word "adventure" comes from the Old French aventure (12c.), which itself is derived from the Latin adventura, meaning 'a thing about to happen'. The term is a derivation of advenire, 'arrive'.

Related Terms

Adventure Therapy

Adventure therapy is a therapeutic treatment modality that uses experiential education to help people improve their mental health.

Adventure Travel

Adventure travel is a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk, and which may require special skills and physical exertion.

Adventure Game

An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving.

Adventure Racing

Adventure racing is a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, including orienteering (if an orienteering map is used) and/or navigation (when non-orienteering maps are used), cross-country running, mountain biking, and paddling.

Adventure Tourism

Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel with perceived (and possibly actual) risk, and potentially requiring specialized skills and physical exertion.

Adventure Education

Adventure education is the promotion of learning through adventure centered experiences.

External links

Medical encyclopedia article on Adventure
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