- [countable] a company or business
- He is in charge of an enterprise with a turnover of $26 billion.
- state-owned/public enterprises
- The grant is available to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc1- something that affects all the workers in the enterprise
- They plan to privatize over 100 state-owned enterprises.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- large-scale
- small
- …
- build
- create
- control
- …
- operate
- expand
- grow
- …
- in an enterprise
- within an enterprise
- [countable] a large project, especially one that is difficult synonym venture
- Have you heard about his latest business enterprise?
- a joint enterprise
- The music festival is a new enterprise which we hope will become an annual event.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc1- The programme is a joint enterprise with the National Business School.
- The team leader will be the most important factor in this difficult enterprise.
- They are willing to undertake a new enterprise.
- the complex organization of a business enterprise
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- exciting
- ambitious
- …
- embark on
- start
- undertake
- …
- fail
- succeed
- in an/the enterprise
- [uncountable] the development of businesses by the people of a country rather than by the government
- They provide grants to encourage enterprise in the region.
- an enterprise culture (= in which people are encouraged to develop small businesses)
Extra Examples- We need to foster enterprise in these depressed areas.
- The government has promoted the small firm and the enterprise culture.
- The culture of dependency was replaced by an enterprise culture.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- free
- private
- local
- …
- encourage
- promote
- culture
- [uncountable] (approving) the ability to think of new projects and make them successful synonym initiative
- a job in which enterprise is rewarded
- a man of enterprise
- Many hotels are showing enterprise and imagination by staging special events.
- I thought she showed great enterprise.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- show
- a spirit of enterprise
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken’, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.
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