Enterprise

/ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪz/ · noun

Meaning

A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor..

Definitions by Sense

1. A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
2. An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
3. (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
4. (uncountable) Active participation in projects.
5. (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
6. (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To put up or house; to entertain.

Example Sentences

The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.

A micro-enterprise is defined as a company or business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.

Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.

He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.

This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess.

Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow[…], with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia

c. 1680, Thomas Otway, letter to Elizabeth Barry What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!

The business must be enterprised this night.

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Antonyms for enterprise

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Word Forms

• enterprises
• enterprize
• entreprise
• enterprising
• enterprised

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