enterprise
US: /ˈɛnɝˌpɹaɪz/, /ˈɛntɝˌpɹaɪz/
UK: /ˈɛntəpɹˌaɪz/
UK: /ˈɛntəpɹˌaɪz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
enterprise /'entəpraiz/
- danh từ
- việc làm khó khăn; việc làm táo bạo
- tính dám làm
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tổ chức kinh doanh, hãng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a company or business: an enterprise with a turnover of $26 billion + state-owned / public enterprises + small and medium-sized enterprises
2 [C] a large project, especially one that is difficult
Synonym: VENTURE
his latest business / commercial enterprise + a joint enterprise + The music festival is a new enterprise which we hope will become an annual event.
3 [U] the development of businesses by the people of a country rather than by the government: grants to encourage enterprise in the region + an enterprise culture (= in which people are encouraged to develop small businesses)
See also -
4 [U] (approving) the ability to think of new projects and make them successful: a job in which enterprise is rewarded + a man of enterprise + Many hotels are showing enterprise and imagination by staging special events.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 undertaking, project, venture, adventure, effort, programme, plan, scheme:
His latest enterprise involves establishing a chain of pizza shops.
2 boldness, daring, courage, mettle, adventurousness, audacity, enthusiasm, zeal, energy, spirit, drive, vigour, ambition, initiative, push, eagerness, determination, resolve, purposefulness, purpose; aggressiveness; Colloq get-up-and-go, zip, pep, gumption, guts, US starch:
It takes a lot of enterprise to start your own business.
3 business, operation, firm, company, concern, establishment:
We began this enterprise on a shoestring.
Collocation dictionary
1 plan/project
ADJ.
great | exciting | ambitious, difficult, hazardous | common, cooperative, joint
The programme is a joint enterprise with the National Business School.
VERB + ENTERPRISE
embark on/upon, start, undertake
They are willing to undertake a new enterprise.
| abandon
ENTERPRISE + VERB
fail, succeed
PREP.
in an/the ~
The team leader will be the most important factor in this difficult enterprise.
2 a business
ADJ.
large, large-scale, medium-sized, small, small-scale | profitable, successful | family, private | public, state, state-owned | multinational | agricultural, business, commercial, economic, farming, industrial, manufacturing
the complex organization of a business enterprise
VERB + ENTERPRISE
control, manage, run
He runs a successful small enterprise.
| invest in
ENTERPRISE + VERB
expand, grow, succeed | fail
PREP.
in/within an ~
something that affects all the workers in the enterprise
3 development of businesses
ADJ.
free, private
The Act will encourage private enterprise.
| local | corporate, individual, municipal
VERB + ENTERPRISE
encourage, promote
ENTERPRISE + NOUN
culture
The government has promoted the small firm and the enterprise culture.
4 abilities/imagination
ADJ.
great
I thought she showed great enterprise.
VERB + ENTERPRISE
show
PHRASES
a spirit of enterprise
Concise English dictionary
enterprises'entəpraɪz
noun
+a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
+an organization created for business ventures
+readiness to embark on bold new ventures
