enterprising

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enterprising

adjective more enterprising · most enterprising

  1. Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
  2. Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement. It was now settled that every body was to be amused by her coarse jest and her odd expressions, and therefore everybody was amused. Moreover, there was another great secret of her popularity; all in her company luxuriated in a little complacent sense of their own superiority,—one of the most agreeab

Similar: go-getting

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of enterprise

noun enterprisings

  1. The undertaking of an enterprise; purposeful activity; doings. What gives these enterprisings their political character are the contentions, claims and experiences of the other.

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adjective

Similar: go-getting

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adj very able and ingenious in business dealings

Françaisentreprenant
Deutschunternehmungslustig, unternehmerisch
Italianointraprendente
Русскийпредприи́мчивый predpriímčivyj

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@misc{enterprising_2026,
  title = {enterprising},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enterprising},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}