enterprise
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Is enterprise a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of enterprise?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.Examples: "He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career."; "This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess."Synonyms: initiativeuncountable
2. (uncountable) Active participation in projects.uncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.Examples: "Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow[…], with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia"intransitive
2. (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.Examples: "The business must be enterprised this night."; "c. 1680, Thomas Otway, letter to Elizabeth Barry What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!"transitive
3. (obsolete, transitive) To put up or house; to entertain.Examples: "Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprize."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary