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tərˌpraɪz 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.
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.
5.
a company organized for commercial purposes; business firm.
6.
( initial capital letter ) 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.
( initial capital letter, italics ) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle, used for atmospheric flight and landing tests.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, noun use of feminine of entrepris (past participle of entreprendre to undertake) < Latin inter- inter- + prēnsus grasped, seized, contraction of prehēnsus, equivalent to pre- pre- + hend- take hold of + -tus past participle suffix
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, noun use of feminine of entrepris (past participle of entreprendre to undertake) < Latin inter- inter- + prēnsus grasped, seized, contraction of prehēnsus, equivalent to pre- pre- + hend- take hold of + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
en·ter·prise·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. plan, undertaking, venture. 4. drive, aggressiveness, push, ambition.
1. plan, undertaking, venture. 4. drive, aggressiveness, push, ambition.
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enterprise (ˈɛntəˌpraɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| 4. | a. initiative in business |
| b. (as modifier): the enterprise culture | |
| 5. | a business unit; a company or firm |
| [C15: from Old French entreprise (n), from entreprendre from entre- between (from Latin: | |
| 'enterpriser | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
enterprise
early 15c., from M.Fr. enterprise "an undertaking," n. use of fem. pp. of entreprendre "undertake, take in hand," from entre- "between" + prendre "to take." Abstract sense of "readiness to undertake challenges, spirit of daring" is from late 15c.
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Computing Dictionary
enterprise definition
bodyA business, generally a large one.
(1994-11-22)
American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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enterprise
city, Coffee county, southeastern Alabama, U.S., about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Montgomery. It was founded in 1881 by John Henry Carmichael near the community of Drake Eye. In 1882 the post office was moved from Drake Eye to the new community of Enterprise, named at the suggestion of a Baptist minister who considered it an enterprising undertaking. Its prosperity was based on cotton until the boll weevil ravaged the area (1915-16), creating a need for a more diversified economy. The unusual Boll Weevil Monument (1919) is the only memorial in the world glorifying a pest and symbolizes diversification from cotton to peanuts (groundnuts) and other crops
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