sense of adventure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandadventure
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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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 ofsenseandadventurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The most obvious and immediately apparent was thesenseofadventure.
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They enjoyed the weather, the activities and asenseofadventure.
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To disenfranchised ex-samurai, it was a warm tropical paradise, a territory in which to gain personal achievements and fulfill asenseofadventure.
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Of course, we may need a special magic potion, which infuses course coordinators and curriculum planners alike with asenseofadventure.
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Although some antiwar protesters answer the call to duty, others respond to "solidarity" incentives: appeals to friendship, fellow feeling, asenseofadventure, or a chance to meet like-minded people.
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It conserved thesenseofadventure, of discovery, of the vicissitudes of an artist who is perpetually restless, bellicose, with a mercurial temperament and the destiny of a martyr.
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Finally, we need to develop a desire for service and asenseofadventure.
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I mentioned thesenseofadventureas one of the factors which encourage recruitment.
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Some, of course, were prompted either by political idealism or by asenseofadventure.
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I understand that this is a fine sport, requiring asenseofadventureand a love of cold water.
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Without asenseofadventure, mankind would have stayed in his primeval state.
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I am glad that we have pilots who, with their skilled training andsenseofadventure, can match those early flights.
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But equally, and perhaps even more important, is the provision of positive outlets for healthy initiative, and one may say, a certainsenseofadventure.
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There is thesenseofadventure, the sense of excitement.
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It is something they do out of curiosity and asenseofadventure.
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However great one'ssenseofadventureand curiosity, one does not try crack once because once is once too often.
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I should not like anybody to think that we were downing those who have asenseofadventure.
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Our young people have the samesenseofadventure.
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We want to attract into the police men who have asenseofadventure.
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We ought to emphasise how much we owe to all the people whosesenseofadventureleads them to investigate the depths of the ocean.
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