Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

ad|ven|ture|some /ædve ntʃə ^r səm/ ADJ Adventuresome means the same as adventurous . [AM ] □  Every day was exciting and adventuresome.

ad|ven|tur|ism /ædve ntʃər I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Adventurism is a willingness to take risks, especially in order to obtain an unfair advantage in politics or business. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Lenin dismissed guerrilla warfare as 'adventurism.'

ad|ven|tur|ist /ædve ntʃər I st/ (adventurists ) ADJ If you describe someone or something as adventurist , you disapprove of them because they are willing to take risks in order to gain an unfair advantage in business or politics. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …aggressive and adventurist foreign policy. ● N‑COUNT An adventurist is someone who behaves in an adventurist way. □  …political adventurists.

ad|ven|tur|ous /ædve ntʃərəs/

1 ADJ Someone who is adventurous is willing to take risks and to try new methods. Something that is adventurous involves new things or ideas. □  Warren was an adventurous businessman. □  The menu could have been more adventurous.

2 ADJ Someone who is adventurous is eager to visit new places and have new experiences. □  He had always wanted an adventurous life in the tropics.

ad|verb /æ dvɜː ^r b/ (adverbs ) N‑COUNT An adverb is a word such as 'slowly', 'now', 'very', 'politically', or 'fortunately' which adds information about the action, event, or situation mentioned in a clause.

a d|verb group (adverb groups ) N‑COUNT An adverb group or adverbial group is a group of words based on an adverb, such as 'very slowly' or 'fortunately for us'. An adverb group can also consist simply of an adverb.

ad|ver|bial /ædvɜː ^r biəl/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Adverbial means relating to adverbs or like an adverb. □  …an adverbial expression.

ad|ver|sar|ial /æ dvə ^r seə riəl/ ADJ If you describe something as adversarial , you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other. [FORMAL ] □  In our country there is an adversarial relationship between government and business.

ad|ver|sary /æ dvə ^r səri, [AM ] -seri/ (adversaries ) N‑COUNT Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against. □  His political adversaries were creating a certain amount of trouble for him.

ad|verse /æ dvɜː ^r s, [AM ] ædvɜː rs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you. □  Despite the adverse conditions, the road was finished in just eight months. ●  ad|verse|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  Price changes must not adversely affect the living standards of the people.

ad|ver|sity /ædvɜː ^r s I ti/ (adversities ) N‑VAR [oft in/of N ] Adversity is a very difficult or unfavourable situation. □  He showed courage in adversity.

ad|vert /æ dvɜː ^r t/ (adverts )

1 N‑COUNT An advert is an announcement online, in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. [BRIT ] □ [+ for ] I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company. in AM, use ad 2 N‑COUNT If you say that an example of something is an advert for that thing in general, you mean that it shows how good that thing is. [BRIT ] □ [+ for ] This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice.

3 N‑PLURAL You can use the adverts to refer to the interval in a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal. in AM, use commercial break

ad|ver|tise ◆◇◇ /æ dvə ^r ta I z/ (advertises , advertising , advertised )