enterprising
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈɛntərˌpraɪzɪŋ/
:
emprendedor
- And one young man, a very enterprising young man, was so keen, that he converted his bike into an amphibious craft and came pedaling out over the water.
- an enterprising journalist
- the most enterprising
Just waiting for a young enterprising physicist to figure it all out.
- Just waiting for a young enterprising physicist to figure it all out.
- And so now I'm in Nairobi and I'm wearing my like suit and with the World Bank for the summer and my laptop gets stolen by two enterprising con artists, very charming.
- So if there are any enterprising scholars in the room, I hope that you will put that at the top of your priority list.
- But some neurons seem to be more enterprising.
Examples
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Rouille was neither a scholar nor an artist, but an enterprising publisher.
Academic text (2013) -
I think you're a very enterprising individual.
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I always like meeting enterprising young men like you.
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Finally, efforts were made to encourage economically enterprising people who brought projects to the government.
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You can sell these goods at the market just like any other enterprising merchant.
Fiction book (1994) -
If there is a demand, the smaller globe will be produced by some enterprising company.
Academic text (1995) -
So if there are any enterprising scholars in the room, I hope that you will put that at the top of your priority list.
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Choose any American at random and he could be enterprising, adventurous, and above all, an innovator.
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You're a very enterprising young man for your age, and that's very unusual.
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The enterprising woman started her own business after noticing a gap in the market.
Synonyms
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7.3
Willing to start new businesses and take risks to make them succeed
Antonyms
How Enterprising
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7.6
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5.5
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4.7
∞
1.0
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
enterprising = enterprise (transparent) = enterprise + ing
The adjective is directly built from the noun 'enterprise' with the productive suffix '-ing', meaning someone who shows enterprise.
Etymology
The word enterprising comes from the word enterprise, which comes from an old French verb entreprendre meaning 'to undertake' or 'to take on' a project. So enterprising people are ready to 'undertake' new and difficult projects.