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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.
EXPANDa company organized for commercial purposes; business firm.
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(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.
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COLLAPSE(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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