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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary en·ter·prise ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to take — more at prize DATE 15th century 1. a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky 2. readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative showed great enterprise in dealing with the crisis 3. a. a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a business organization b. a systematic purposeful activity agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people English Etymology enterprise c.1430, from M.Fr . enterprise "an undertaking," n. use of fem. pp.of entreprendre "undertake, take in hand," from entre- "between" + prendre "to take." Abstract sense of "readiness to undertake challenges, spirit of daring" is from 1475.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 enterprise en·ter·prise / 5entEpraiz; NAmE -tErp- / noun1. [C] a company or business 公司；企业单位；事业单位: an enterprise with a turnover of $26 billion 营业额 260 亿元的公司 state-owned / public enterprises 国有企业；公共事业单位 small and medium-sized enterprises 中小型企业 2. [C] a large project, especially one that is difficult (尤指艰巨而重大的)规划,事业 SYN venture : his latest business enterprise 他最新的企业规划 a joint enterprise 共同事业 3. [U] the development of businesses by the people of a country rather than by the government 企业发展；企业经营；企业活动: grants to encourage enterprise in the region 鼓励这个地区企业发展的拨款 an enterprise culture (= in which people are encouraged to develop small businesses) 经商文化(鼓励发展小型企业) ⇨ see also free enterprise , private enterprise 4. [U] (approving) the ability to think of new projects and make them successful 事业心；进取心；创业精神 SYN initiative :
a job in which enterprise is rewarded 事业进取精神有所回报的工作 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English enterprise noun 1 plan/project ADJ. great | exciting | ambitious, difficult, hazardous | common, cooperative, joint The programme is a joint enterprise with the National Business School. VERB + ENTERPRISE embark on/upon, start, undertake They are willing to undertake a new enterprise. | abandon ENTERPRISE + VERB fail, succeed PREP. in an/the ~ The team leader will be the most important factor in this difficult enterprise. 2 a business ADJ. large, large-scale, medium-sized, small, small-scale | profitable, successful | family, private | public, state, state-owned | multinational | agricultural, business, commercial, economic, farming, industrial, manufacturing the complex organization of a business enterprise VERB + ENTERPRISE control, manage, run He runs a successful small enterprise. | invest in ENTERPRISE + VERB expand, grow, succeed | fail PREP. in/within an ~ something that affects all the workers in the enterprise 3 development of businesses ADJ. free, private The Act will encourage private enterprise. | local | corporate, individual, municipal VERB + ENTERPRISE encourage, promote ENTERPRISE + NOUN culture The government has promoted the small firm and the enterprise culture. 4 abilities/imagination ADJ. great I thought she showed great enterprise. VERB + ENTERPRISE show PHRASES a spirit of enterprise Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: ADVENTURE , emprise, exploit, feat, gest, venture Related Words: attempt, effort, endeavor, striving, struggle; campaign, cause, project, pursuit, task, undertaking; deed 2 Synonyms: PROJECT 2, undertaking Related Words: speculation 3 a unit of economic or business organization or activity FF1C;an economy encouraging the expansion of small, privately owned enterprisesFF1E; Synonyms: business, company, concern, establishment, firm, house, outfit Related Words: interest; organization; corporation; industry 4 readiness to attempt or engage in what requires energy or daring FF1C;complained about his brother's lack of enterpriseFF1E; Synonyms: ambition, drive, get-up-and-go, initiative, push; compare VIGOR 2 Related Words: ambitiousness, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, ||hustle, vigor; boldness, courage, daring, venturesomeness; inventiveness, self-reliance Contrasted Words: languor, lethargy; indolence, laziness, sloth; apathy, inertia Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: joint enterprise , or private enterprise , or free enterprise en·ter·prise I. noun also en·ter·prize \R ˈentə(r)prīz, -R -təp-\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French entreprise, from feminine of entrepris, past participle of entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- (from Latin inter-) + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize, grasp — more at get 1. a. : a plan or design for a venture or undertaking < his friends judged his novel enterprise to be impractical and urged him to forget it > b. : venture , undertaking , project ; especially : an undertaking that is difficult, complicated, or has a strong element of risk < indicate the … important enterprises in which he had been engaged, probably battles, expeditions, or treaties of peace — W.A.Mason > < his new enterprise, a restaurant on Fifth avenue, met with complete failure > < exploring the English character has long been a favorite enterprise of literary men — H.S.Commager > < a military enterprise of major scope > c. : a unit of economic organization or activity (as a factory, a farm, a mine); especially : a business organization : firm , company < an old enterprise specializing in scientific textbooks — Current Biological > < proposed to encourage the growth of small independent enterprises > d. : any systematic purposeful activity or type of activity < agriculture is the principal economic enterprise among these people > < history, more than any other literary enterprise, puts the writer in the debt of other people — J.K.Galbraith > < the … problem of the nature of philosophy and the philosophical enterprise itself — J.E.Smith > 2. : readiness to attempt or engage in what requires daring or energy : a bold energetic questing spirit : independence of thought : initiative , energy < the public rarely shows enterprise when in search of entertainment — Tyrone Guthrie > < complained of his lack of enterprise > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb : to venture upon : undertake , launch < new churches are being enterprised in every area in America — Time > intransitive verb archaic : to undertake an enterprise |
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