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enterprise

1

[ en-ter-prahyz ]

noun

  1. a project undertaken or to be undertaken, especially one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy:

    To keep the peace is a difficult enterprise.

    Synonyms: venture, undertaking, plan

  2. a plan for such a project.
  3. participation or engagement in such projects:

    Our country was formed by the enterprise of resolute men and women.

  4. boldness or readiness in undertaking; adventurous spirit; ingenuity.

    Synonyms: aggressiveness, ambition, push, drive

  5. a company organized for commercial purposes; business firm.
  6. none Enterprise. Military. the first nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1961, with a displacement of 89,000 tons (80,723 metric tons) and eight reactors.
  7. none Enterprise. U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle, used for atmospheric flight and landing tests.


adjective

  1. intended for use or consumption by a business firm rather than a consumer:

    enterprise security; enterprise software.

Enterprise

2

[ en-ter-prahyz ]

noun

  1. a city in southern Alabama.

enterprise

/ ˈɛntəˌpraɪz /

noun

  1. a project or undertaking, esp one that requires boldness or effort
  2. participation in such projects
  3. readiness to embark on new ventures; boldness and energy
    1. initiative in business
    2. ( as modifier )

      the enterprise culture

  4. a business unit; a company or firm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈenterˌpriser, noun
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Other Words From

  • en·ter·prise·less adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of enterprise1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French, noun use of feminine of entrepris (past participle of entreprendre “to undertake”), from Latin inter- inter- + prehēnsus, prēnsus, past participle of prehendere, prēndere “to grasp, seize,” equivalent to pre- pre- + -hendere “to grasp”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of enterprise1

C15: from Old French entreprise (n), from entreprendre from entre- between (from Latin: inter- ) + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to grasp
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Idioms and Phrases

see free enterprise .
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Example Sentences

Yes, the gun:  “While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind.”

This, of course, is why the enterprise is called natural science.

The Daily Telegraph's Lisa Armstrong called the show a "stupendously vacuous enterprise."

But the comedic genius was wrong; success in most dimensions of the human enterprise is showing up at the right time.

It was another of the nudge, nudge, wink, wink jokes that summed up the entire enterprise.

A leader of soldiers has a right to know something at least of the enterprise upon which he leads them.

Michael Allcroft returned to his duties, tuned for labour, full of courage, and the spirit of enterprise and action.

She did not realize that a passion for a business enterprise, as for a woman, is capable of destroying the balance of any man.

But she was half a dozen years older than de Brus, who was still in his teens and was never distinguished for enterprise.

For the time being the interests of an enterprise of five thousand would obliterate those of fifty.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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