enterprise
enterprise is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
- 2.To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [R.] The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden. What would I not renounce or enterprise for you! T. Otway.
- 3.To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.] Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.
- 4.To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- activity
- adventure
- anvil
- apprentice
- begin
- beginning
- betake
- break
- broach
- business
- compact
- contract
- determination
- devote
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- execution
- fall
- fire
- first
- foot
- for
- forth
- forward
- hand
- have
- here
- institute
- into
- launch
- lay
- many
- matter
- move
- neck
- oneself
- originate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is enterprise.
- What is 2. Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise called?
- What is to undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [R.] The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden. What would I not renounce or enterprise for you! T. Otway called?
- What is to treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.] Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser called?
- What is to undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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