en·ter·pris·ing

[en-ter-prahy-zing]
adjective
1.
ready to undertake projects of importance or difficulty, or untried schemes; energetic in carrying out any undertaking: Business is in need of enterprising young people.
2.
characterized by great imagination or initiative: an enterprising foreign policy.

Origin:
1565–75; enterprise + -ing2

en·ter·pris·ing·ly, adverb
non·en·ter·pris·ing, adjective
un·en·ter·pris·ing, adjective
un·en·ter·pris·ing·ly, adverb


1. venturous, venturesome, resourceful, adventurous. See ambitious.


1. timid, cautious.
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enterprising (ˈɛntəˌpraɪzɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
ready to embark on new ventures; full of boldness and initiative
 
'enterprisingly
 
adv

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enterprising
1610s, prp. adj. from enterprise.
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Example sentences
Enterprising companies would likely build small unmanned self-serve battery
  kiosks as well.
Enterprising families do take advantage of the policy.
But one enterprising researcher uses it to store the entire human genome.
One enterprising student was coming by to collect old cell phones from
  recycling donations.
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