adj
Meaning 1
Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
enterprising
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adj
Meaning 2
Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The undertaking of an enterprise; purposeful activity; doings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of enterprise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
Meaning 5
marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an enterprising foreign policy
- an enterprising young man likely to go far
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unenterprising
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ձեռներեց (jeṙnerecʻ) — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Bulgarian: предприе́мчив (predpriémčiv) — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Finnish: yritteliäs — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- French: entreprenant — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- German: unternehmungslustig — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- German: unternehmerisch — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Irish: borrúil — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Italian: intraprendente — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Latin: experiens — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Polish: przedsiębiorczy — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Russian: предприи́мчивый (predpriímčivyj) — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Swedish: företagsam — very able and ingenious in business dealings
- Swedish: initiativrik — very able and ingenious in business dealings
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