Dictionary Entry
enterprise
enterprise is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
- 2noun
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
- 3transitive verb
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
- 4transitive verb
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
- 5intransitive verb
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
- 6noun
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
"he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
- 7noun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
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- 8noun
an organization created for business ventures
"a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
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