great adventure

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandadventure

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/
us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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adventure
noun[C or U]
uk
/ədˈven.tʃər/
us
/ədˈven.tʃɚ/
an unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous activity, such as a trip or experience, or the excitement produced by such ...
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(Definition ofgreatandadventurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Going to sea was also agreatadventurefor a young lad.
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It was agreatadventure.
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Go forward with thisgreatadventure.
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We must go into thisgreatadventure.
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This could have been agreatadventure.
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Perhaps that is thegreatadventureof life.
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They started on agreatadventureof national shipbuilding yards.
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How do we start on thisgreatadventure?
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It is hardly agreatadventureinto international idealism.
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The development of civil aviation is agreatadventure.
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This was to set the scene for thisgreatadventurein finding out the truth.
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It is not always agreatadventureto be taken away; it is often traumatic.
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It is a commonplace that we are on the threshold of a verygreatadventure.
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The fusion research programme of the world scientific community is agreatadventurestory.
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For half a century thisgreatadventurehas continued in spite of countless difficulties.
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So you see, ladies and gentlemen, we are standing on the threshold of agreatadventure.
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Being the first of its kind it was very much of agreatadventure.
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This is another step in agreatadventurein which our race is continually engaged.
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There is agreatadventurein pushing forward the frontiers of human knowledge.
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While it was agreatadventure, nobody can say that it was safe.
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They were happy and thrilled to be setting off on theirgreatadventure.
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I hope with all my heart that we shall make a success of thisgreatadventure.
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We are to gird ourselves for "agreatadventure", and so on.
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There must be one communicating channel for our thoughts, for our researches, and for our discoveries in thisgreatadventure.
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What is true is that we have never spared ourselves in thegreatadventureof human freedom.
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