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# enterprise

noun (an enterprise, enterprises)

«enterprise» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A business or company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#m1)
2. A big, new or bold plan or project. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/#m3)

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

## In Jewish tradition

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

- When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enterprise/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enterprise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enterprise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enterprise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enterprise.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «enterprise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enterprise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enterprise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enterprise.html) on Mova free.