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new adventure

new adventure

15 3.3
An exciting experience that is not familiar and brings new challenges
  • noun
translation icon : nueva aventura
  • After moving to a new city, she was excited to start her new adventure and explore everything it had to offer.
  • embark on a new adventure
  • start a new adventure
  • looking for a new adventure

And so then we there started a new adventure.

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Examples

Synonyms

exploration
vsnew adventure
156 2.8

To travel through a place to find new things, like a jungle or ocean

refers to one exciting unfamiliar experience rather than an ongoing search
escapade
vsnew adventure
24 6.8

A fun, daring adventure that is a little wild

focuses more on novelty and challenge than on bold risk
change of pace
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
18 3.2

An activity that is different from your normal routine to give you a pleasant break

implies more novelty and challenge than a mild variation
change of scenery
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
18 3.3

A trip to a new place to feel refreshed

involves excitement or challenge beyond a simple move to refresh
uncharted territory
vsnew adventure
14 6.8

A new, not familiar situation that may have unknown risks

emphasizes excitement and novelty rather than unknown risk alone
unique experience
vsnew adventure
8 3.8

A one-of-a-kind event or moment that you cannot have again

highlights excitement and challenge not only uniqueness
whale of an adventure
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
6.1

A very exciting and special experience with surprises

is less extreme in excitement and significance
adventurous trip
vsnew adventure
3.5

A journey that includes exciting activities and some risk

covers non-journey situations as well

Antonyms

793 1.0

Well known because you have seen or experienced it before

354 1.0

A regular way of doing things

How Exciting

thrill
283 2.4
new adventure
15 3.3
event
1.0
outing
83 1.1
experience
1.0
routine
354 1.0

Surface Forms

new adventure singular

Morphology

new + adventure

The meaning 'an exciting or unfamiliar experience' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'new' (novel, recent) with 'adventure' (an unusual, exciting experience). This simple compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

New adventure comes from the image of explorers starting a fresh journey into unknown places, where new shows it is just beginning and adventure is a risky, exciting trip. So calling something a new adventure gives the picture of stepping into the unknown, which is why it means 'an exciting or unfamiliar experience'.