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# enterprise

«enterprise» in Mova's school dictionary: **A business or company** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an enterprise, enterprises)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A business or company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#m1)

2) A big, new or bold plan or project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#m2)

3) Being willing to try new things and work hard to make them happen; get-up-and-go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school, «enterprise» projects or «enterprise week» mean pupils plan a small business, for example selling cakes. In news, «small enterprises» are small businesses; «free enterprise» means people can run businesses freely. Praise: «She showed great enterprise».

### examples

- Our class ran a mini enterprise selling bookmarks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x1)
- The bakery is a family enterprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x2)
- Climbing the mountain was a risky enterprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x3)
- He showed real enterprise by starting a dog-walking service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x4)
- Enterprise week starts on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x5)
- The new enterprise employs twenty people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x6)
- Building a treehouse was a joint enterprise between the cousins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x7)
- Thus the boldest part of my enterprise remained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#x8)

### note

Countable when it means a business or project (an enterprise, enterprises); uncountable when it means the quality («showed enterprise»). Adjective: enterprising (full of ideas and energy). In maths problems about enterprise days, watch for profit = money made − money spent.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enterprise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.