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- pronunciation:
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praIz
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an undertaking, esp. one characterized by complexity, risk, or wide scope; venture.
The expedition to the south pole was a complicated enterprise.- synonyms:
- venture
- similar words:
- adventure, concern, endeavor, operation, plan, project, scheme, task, undertaking, work
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| definition 2: |
a business entity.
Their software enterprise made huge profits last year.- synonyms:
- business, company
- similar words:
- corporation, establishment, firm, house, industry
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| definition 3: |
initiative; ingenuity.
Her project showed real enterprise.- synonyms:
- boldness, ingenuity, initiative
- similar words:
- ambition, creativity, daring, drive, industry, spirit
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| related words: |
action, activity, adventure, hustle |
adjective + (n.)enterprise
agricultural,
black,
capitalist,
collective,
colonial,
commercial,
competitive,
cooperative,
costly,
criminal,
educational,
entire,
entrepreneurial,
free,
industrial,
inefficient,
joint,
journalistic,
large-scale,
legitimate,
lucrative,
medium,
medium-sized,
multinational,
noble,
nonprofit,
ongoing,
petty,
private,
productive,
profitable,
risky,
rural,
scientific,
small-scale,
successful,
theological,
tribal,
unprofitable,
vast,
viable,
whole
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verb + (n.)enterprise
free, invest, own, promote
(n.)enterprise
+ verb
operate, undertake
noun + (n.)enterprise
business,
carrier,
circus,
empowerment,
entrepreneur,
export,
farming,
fellow,
harlequin,
housing,
manufacturing,
mining,
minority,
missionary,
ownership,
profit,
publisher,
scholar,
sector,
subsidiary,
subsidy,
township
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The word enterprise
contains the following part:
pris, -prise, prehens, -prehend
Latin
root
that means take, grasp
  Example words:
apprehend, apprehensive, comprehend, comprehensive, comprise, enterprise, incomprehensible, misprision, prehensile, reprehend, reprehensible, reprisal, surprise
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