enterprise as a noun: - 1
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enterprise
noun
1 enterprise
A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness):
— He had doubts about the whole enterprise.
synonyms: endeavor, endeavour.
Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Roget 676:
undertaking;
compact
etc.
769;
adventure,
venture;
engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
enterprise,
emprise†;
pilgrimage;
matter in hand
etc.
(business )
625;
move;
first move
etc.
(beginning)
66.
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Dutch: onderneming
2 enterprise
An organization created for business ventures.
Dutch: zaak, handelsonderneming, onderneming, maatschappij
3 enterprise
Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative.
Dutch: handelingsdrang, ondernemingsdrang, initiatief, ondernemingszin, ondernemingsgeest
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