## Meanings
1. A company or business.
2. A project or undertaking, especially a bold or difficult one.
3. The willingness to start new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

## Examples
- She runs a small enterprise selling handmade jewellery.
- They had doubts about the whole enterprise from the start.
- He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.

## Synonyms
- business
- company
- firm

## Derived Forms
- enterpriseless
- enterpriser
- enterprisewide
- enterprisey
- enterprising
- interenterprise
- intraenterprise
- microenterprise
- nonenterprise

## Related Forms
- activity
- entrepreneur

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰed-
- Root: entreprise

## Etymology
From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.

## AI Etymology
Enterprise comes from Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile. In current use, the main senses are “A company or business” and “A project or undertaking, especially a bold or difficult one”.

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- Business & Commerce

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