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En·ter·prise    Audio Help   [en-ter-prahyz] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a city in S Alabama. 18,033.
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en·ter·prise    Audio Help   [en-ter-prahyz] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy: To keep the peace is a difficult enterprise.
2.a plan for such a project.
3.participation or engagement in such projects: Our country was formed by the enterprise of resolute men and women.
4.boldness or readiness in undertaking; adventurous spirit; ingenuity.
5.a company organized for commercial purposes; business firm.
6.(initial capital letter) Military. the first nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1961, with a displacement of 89,000 tons (80,723 m ton) and eight reactors.
7.(initial capital letter, italics) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle, used for atmospheric flight and landing tests.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < MF, n. use of fem. of entrepris (ptp. of entreprendre to undertake) < L inter- inter- + prénsus grasped, seized, contr. of prehénsus, equiv. to pre- pre- + hend- take hold of + -tus ptp. suffix]

—Related forms
en·ter·prise·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. plan, undertaking, venture. 4. drive, aggressiveness, push, ambition.
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Main Entry:  enterprise
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  action, activity, adventure, attempt, boldness, business, campaign, cause, company, courage, drive, effort, endeavor, exploit, firm, initiative, operation, project, pursuit, push, spirit, undertaking, venture, vigor, zeal
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  adventure
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An exciting, often hazardous undertaking.
Synonyms:  emprise, venture
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  company
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A commercial organization.
Synonyms:  business, concern, corporation, establishment, firm, house
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Enterprise, city (1990 pop. 20,123), Coffee co., SE Ala.; inc. 1896. It is a peanut-shipping center with many peanut-processing establishments. There are also lumber and textile mills and plants that make concrete. The region's diversified farming began after the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the cotton; in gratitude for the resulting prosperity, the city erected (1919) a monument to the boll weevil. 
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