enterprise
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- noun
- /ˈɛn.tə.praɪz/
- The article offers useful suggestions about embarking on an enterprise such as theirs.
- undertake an enterprise
- involved in an enterprise
- a scientific enterprise
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the injection of humanity in a human enterprise pays dividends.
- And the injection of humanity in a human enterprise pays dividends.
- So, but dancing in a barn isn't the enterprise that we had in mind.
- We can take right from the research and discovery enterprise into the classroom.
- I don't think it's a fact tracking enterprise for the most.
- The enormous enterprise must be kept secret.
- All his enterprises collapse, his servants all die.
- All of creative enterprise is making choices.
- And school often compartmentalizes the purpose of the overall enterprise from the specific tasks.
- It feels like a pretty healthy enterprise to me.
- This is the first model of canoe colonial enterprise.
- We created this entire new enterprise of, of, you know, trying to, trying to help people.
- Such a vast sort of enterprise, really.
- And because of that self reference, it's a never ending enterprise.
- This is very interesting as being a mathematical abstract enterprise.
- So he goes on as well, Borjesen says, to the intrinsic difficulties of the enterprise.
Examples
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Launching a space mission is a complex enterprise that requires extensive planning and resources.
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And school often compartmentalizes the purpose of the overall enterprise from the specific tasks.
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We created this entire new enterprise of, of, you know, trying to, trying to help people.
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Which makes our whole enterprise much more dangerous than it has ever been before.
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But yeah, I mean, so the whole testing enterprise is complicated.
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Now, this work that we do is very much a family enterprise.
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And at the heart of our enterprise is the imagination.
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Given that we are not exactly at the center of the education enterprise, how ambitious can we hope to be?
Academic text (2012) -
" Indeed, we hope we are successful in our enterprise and overcome our greatest difficulties.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm so pleased you've shown such an interest in our little enterprise.
Synonyms
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5.1
A business or project that involves risk and possible loss
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4.1
A determined attempt to do something difficult
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2.1
A large, important task that takes a lot of time and effort
Compounds
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3.8
A system where private businesses compete and the market sets prices with little government control
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Supporting a system where private businesses compete with little government control
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6.1
Relating to businesses owned and run by people or companies to make profit, not the state
A business where workers have most or all of the company, often through shares
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Etymology
Enterprise comes from the French entreprendre, which meant 'to take in hand' and breaks into entre- 'between' and prendre 'to take', the same 'take' you see in surprise. So a difficult project or undertaking is called an enterprise because it is something you choose to take on and complete.