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English
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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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪz/
- Hyphenation: en‧ter‧prise
Noun
enterprise (countable and uncountable, plural enterprises)
- A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enterprise
- 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.
- 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.
- (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
- He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
1954, Philip Larkin, Continuing to Live: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.
- (uncountable) Active participation in projects. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Translations
company, business, organization, or endeavor
- Albanian: ndërmarrje (sq) f
- Arabic: مُغَامَرَة f (muḡāmara) (venture), شَرِكَة f (šarika) (company)
- Armenian: ձեռնարկություն (hy) (jeṙnarkutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: müəssisə (az), şirkət (az)
- Belarusian: прадпрые́мства n (pradpryjémstva)
- Bulgarian: предприя́тие (bg) n (predprijátie)
- Catalan: empresa (ca) f, companyia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 企業/企业 (kei5 jip6)
- Mandarin: 企業/企业 (zh) (qǐyè)
- Czech: podnik (cs) m
- Danish: virksomhed (da), foretagende
- Dutch: onderneming (nl) f
- Estonian: ettevõte
- Finnish: yritys (fi)
- French: entreprise (fr) f
- Georgian: საწარმო (sac̣armo)
- German: Unternehmen (de) n
- Hindi: उद्यम (hi) m (udyam)
- Hungarian: vállalkozás (hu), vállalat (hu), (EU jargon) gazdasági egység
- Indonesian: badan usaha
- Italian: impresa (it) f
- Japanese: 企業 (ja) (きぎょう, kigyō), 事業 (ja) (じぎょう, jigyō)
- Kazakh: кәсіпорын (käsıporyn)
- Khmer: ក្រុមហ៊ុន (km) (krom hun), សហគ្រាស (km) (saʼhaʼkriəh), ឧស្សាហកម្ម (ʼuhsaahaʼkam)
- Korean: 사업(事業) (ko) (sa'eop), 기업(企業) (ko) (gieop)
- Kyrgyz: ишкана (ky) (işkana)
- Lao: ທຸລະກິດ (lo) (thu la kit)
- Latin: coeptus n
- Latvian: uzņēmums (lv) m
- Lithuanian: įmonė (lt) f
- Macedonian: претпријатие n (pretprijatie)
- Maori: hinonga, pakihi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: selskap (no) n, (please verify) foretagende
- Occitan: entrepresa (oc) f, empresa f
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: شِرْکَت (fa) (šerkat), بُنْگاه (fa), مُؤَسِّسِه (fa) (mo'assese)
- Plautdietsch: Äwanämunk f
- Polish: przedsiębiorstwo (pl) n, antrepryza (pl) f (archaic)
- Portuguese: empresa (pt) f
- Russian: предприя́тие (ru) n (predprijátije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: предузеће n, подузеће n
- Roman: preduzeće n, poduzeće n
- Sicilian: mprisa (scn) f, imprisa (scn) f
- Slovak: podnik m
- Slovene: podjetje n
- Spanish: empresa (es) f
- Swedish: företag (sv) n
- Tajik: корхона (korxona), муассиса (tg) (muassisa), ширкат (tg) (širkat), бунгоҳ (bungoh)
- Thai: ธุรกิจ (th) (tú-rá-gìt)
- Turkish: şirket (tr)
- Turkmen: kärhana
- Ukrainian: підприє́мство (uk) n (pidpryjémstvo)
- Urdu: کَمْپَنی f (kampanī) (company), شِرْکَت f (śirkat)
- Uzbek: korxona (uz), shirkat (uz), muassasa (uz)
- Vietnamese: xí nghiệp (vi)
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undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
- Bulgarian: предприемчи́вост (bg) f (predpriemčívost)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 事業/事业 (si6 jip6)
- Mandarin: 事業/事业 (zh) (shìyè)
- Czech: podnik (cs) m
- Danish: bedrift
- Finnish: hanke (fi)
- French: venture (fr) f
- German: Unterfangen (de) n, Vorhaben (de) m
- Hebrew: מִבְצָע (he) m (mivtsá), יָזְמָה f (yozmá)
- Hindi: उद्यम (hi) m (udyam)
- Hungarian: vállalkozás (hu), terv (hu)
- Italian: impresa (it) f
- Latin: susceptum n, ausum n, coeptus n
- Maori: hinonga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: foretagende n
- Plautdietsch: Äwanämunk f
- Portuguese: empreendimento (pt), empreitada (pt) f
- Russian: риско́ванный прое́кт m (riskóvannyj proékt), начина́ние (ru) n (načinánije), зате́я (ru) f (zatéja), предприя́тие (ru) n (predprijátije)
- Slovene: podvig m
- Spanish: empresa (es), emprendimiento (es)
- Swedish: vågstycke n
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willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
- Bulgarian: инициати́ва (bg) f (iniciatíva)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 事業心/事业心 (zh) (shìyèxīn), 進取心/进取心 (zh) (jìnqǔxīn)
- Danish: foretagsomhed, initiativ
- Finnish: yritteliäisyys (fi)
- French: initiative (fr) f
- German: Unternehmungsgeist m, Unternehmungslust (de) f
- Hebrew: יזמות (yazamut), יזמה (yozma)
- Hungarian: vállalkozókedv (hu), vállalkozószellem, kezdeményezés (hu), merészség (hu), kezdeményezőkészség (hu)
- Irish: borrúlacht f
- Italian: iniziativa (it) f
- Japanese: 冒険心 (ぼうけんしん, bōkenshin)
- Occitan: esperit d'entrepresa, volontat (oc) f
- Polish: przedsiębiorczość (pl) f
- Portuguese: iniciativa (pt) f
- Russian: предприи́мчивость (ru) f (predpriímčivostʹ), инициати́ва (ru) f (iniciatíva)
- Spanish: empuje (es), iniciativa (es)
- Swedish: vågstycke c
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Verb
enterprise (third-person singular simple present enterprises, present participle enterprising, simple past and past participle enterprised)
- (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: R Dodsley :Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow […] , with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia
- (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
- (transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
References
- “enterprise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- enterprise in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “enterprise”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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