enterprise

noun

/ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪz/UK/ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪz/US

Etymology

From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.

derived from entreprise

Definitions

1
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.
- A micro-enterprise is defined as a company or business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
2
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
A willingness to undertake new or risky projects
A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
- He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
- This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess.
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1. Active participation in projects.
2. 5
  To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
  - Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow[…], with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia
3. 6
  To undertake
  To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
  - The business must be enterprised this night.
  - c. 1680, Thomas Otway, letter to Elizabeth Barry What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
4. 7
  To put up or house
  To put up or house; to entertain.
  - Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprize.
5. A number of places in the United States
  A number of places in the United States:
6. A hamlet in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.
7. A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.
8. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
9. A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.

The neighborhood

synonymbusiness
synonymcompany
synonymenterprise
synonymfirm
neighborentrepreneur
neighbor:Category:en:Organizations
neighbor:Category:en:Automobiles
neighborAppendix:Roget MICRA/Class V § 712. Party
neighborAppendix:Moby Thesaurus II/15 § company
neighboractivity
neighbororganization
neighborcorporation
neighborgrowth company
neighborholding company
neighborincorporated company
neighborinvestment company

Derived

enterpriseless, enterpriser, enterprisewide, enterprisey, enterprising, interenterprise, intraenterprise, microenterprise, nonenterprise

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enterprise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at enterprise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at enterprise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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