enterprising
adjective/ˈentəpraɪzɪŋ/
/ˈentərpraɪzɪŋ/
(approving)- having or showing the ability to think of new projects or new ways of doing things and make them successful
- One enterprising farmer opened up his field as a car park and charged people £10 to park there.
- an enterprising young woman
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnterprising is used with these nouns:- reporter
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