1 A venture is something new, exciting,                                                       COUNT N
and difficult which involves the risk of failure.
...an interesting scientific venture.
The number of successful new business ventures is dwindling.

2 If you venture into an activity, you do something                                      VB WITH ADJUNCT
that involves the risk of failure because it is new and different.
I might actually venture into advertising if I had enough money.

3 If you venture an opinion, you say it cautiously and hesitantly                  REPORT VB,
because you are afraid it might be foolish or wrong.                                   VB WITH TO-INF
`I'd make a good husband,' he ventured.
No one has ventured to suggest why this should be.

4 If you venture somewhere you go there, although it might be dangerous.  VB WITH ADJUNCT
He wouldn't venture far from his mother's door.