| NOUN | act | enterprise, endeavor, endeavour | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) |
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| group | enterprise | an organization created for business ventures | |
| attribute | enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead | readiness to embark on bold new ventures |
| Sounds | eh'nerpray.z; eh'nterpray.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). | |
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| Example | "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" | |
| Synonyms | endeavor, endeavour | |
| Narrower | business activity, commercial activity | Activity undertaken as part of a commercial ... / commercial enterprise |
| forlorn hope | A hopeless or desperate enterprise | |
| racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise | An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud / fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | |
| Broader | undertaking, project, task, labor | Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
| Spanish | empresa, esfuerzo, tarea, tentativa | |
| Catalan | empresa | |
| Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
| Meaning | An organization created for business ventures. | |
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| Example | "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" | |
| Narrower | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
| collective | Members of a cooperative enterprise | |
| commercial enterprise | An enterprise connected with commerce | |
| giant | An unusually large / large / large enterprise | |
| Broader | organization, organisation | A group of people who work together |
| Spanish | empresa | |
| Catalan | empresa | |
| Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
| Meaning | readiness to embark on bold new ventures. | |
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| Synonyms | enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead | |
| Broader | drive | The trait of being highly motivated |
| Spanish | empresa, empuje, iniciativa | |
| Catalan | devantera, iniciativa | |
| Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
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