entrepreneurial

[ahn-truh-pruh-nur-ee-uhl, -noor-]

adjective

1. of or relating to a business or endeavor, especially one that involves considerable individual initiative and risk.

   The article highlights what some cities are doing to promote entrepreneurial development.

   Innovation, when combined with an entrepreneurial streak, can be a powerful catalyst for economic growth.

Other Word Forms

• entrepreneurially adverb
• entrepreneurialism noun
• entrepreneurism noun
• nonentrepreneurial adjective
• semientrepreneurial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrepreneurial¹

entrepreneur ( def. ) + -ial ( def. )

Example Sentences

She's an author of Mills and Boon books now, in one of her many entrepreneurial ventures, but she will struggle to write herself a happy ending.

From BBC

Hank is proud of his son’s entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic.

From Salon

Chase is also a joyous and entrepreneurial music activist, MacArthur “genius,” educator, founder of New York’s impressive International Contemporary Ensemble and commissioner of a vastly imaginative new flute repertory in her ongoing Density 2036 project.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2007, when the couple returned to the U.S., they set their sights on the Bay Area, drawn by the weather, the natural beauty and the entrepreneurial spirit that drew countless opportunity seekers before them.

From Los Angeles Times

What kind of so-called entrepreneurial genius wouldn't have thought about that?

From Salon