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adjective
Date: 1611
marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act <an enterprising young reporter>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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enterprising — en‧ter‧pris‧ing [ˈentəpraɪzɪŋ ǁ tər ] adjective showing the ability to think of new activities and ideas and to take financial risks in business, especially by starting and running new businesses: • Some enterprising students are designing… … Financial and business terms
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enterprising — index active, competent, progressive (advocating change), resourceful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
enterprising — 1560s, action of undertaking; 1610s, eager to undertake, from prp. of ENTERPRISE (Cf. enterprise). Until mid 19c. (at least in Britain) mostly in a bad sense: scheming, ambitious, foolhardy … Etymology dictionary
enterprising — [adj] resourceful, energetic active, advancing, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, coming on strong*, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go ahead*, go go*, gumptious, hard… … New thesaurus
enterprising — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing initiative and resourcefulness. DERIVATIVES enterprisingly adverb … English terms dictionary
enterprising — [ent′ər prī΄ziŋ] adj. [< archaic v. enterprise, to undertake < the n.] showing enterprise; full of energy and initiative; willing to undertake new projects SYN. AMBITIOUS enterprisingly adv … English World dictionary
enterprising — [[t]e̱ntə(r)praɪzɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An enterprising person is willing to try out new, unusual ways of doing or achieving something. Debra is a very enterprising young black business woman who is involved in a lot of activities... Some… … English dictionary
enterprising — enterprisingly, adv. /en teuhr pruy zing/, adj. 1. ready to undertake projects of importance or difficulty, or untried schemes; energetic in carrying out any undertaking: Business is in need of enterprising young people. 2. characterized by great … Universalium
enterprising — en|ter|pris|ing [ˈentəpraızıŋ US tər ] adj having the ability to think of new activities or ideas and make them work ▪ Some enterprising students are designing software. ▪ an enterprising scheme to provide interest free loans >enterprisingly… … Dictionary of contemporary English
