enterprise

About 25.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.

   The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.

2. noun An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.

   Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.

3. noun A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

   He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.

4. noun Active participation in projects. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. verb To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
6. verb To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
7. verb To put up or house; to entertain.

Similar words

enterprisingness initiative go-ahead endeavor endeavour task work operator entrepreneurial operation

Often followed by

and in of is was to that which as

Word family

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