enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈen-tər-ˌprīz 
ˈen-tə-ˌprīz
1
: a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
2
a
: a unit of economic organization or activity
especially
: a business organization
b
: a systematic purposeful activity
agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people
3
: readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative
showed great enterprise in dealing with the crisis
Examples of enterprise in a Sentence
Moving the drilling rig offshore was a costly enterprise.
Agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people.
When he purchased the company it was a thriving commercial enterprise.
He was criticized for his lack of enterprise in dealing with the crisis.
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Lerner believes that without smarter management, enterprises will face spiraling bills and strained infrastructure.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Pliops was showcasing its XDP LightingAI at the Summit, a GenAI native memory stack to power interfence and retrieval workloads for hyperscale and enterprise applications.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Salesforce ended up temporarily turning it off, Shibani Ahuja, senior vice president of enterprise IT strategy, said during a roundtable discussion at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
For the research, the institute collaborated with the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as several universities, research institutions, and enterprises.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Pliops was showcasing its XDP LightingAI at the Summit, a GenAI native memory stack to power interfence and retrieval workloads for hyperscale and enterprise applications.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Salesforce ended up temporarily turning it off, Shibani Ahuja, senior vice president of enterprise IT strategy, said during a roundtable discussion at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
For the research, the institute collaborated with the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as several universities, research institutions, and enterprises.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enterprise
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“Enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enterprise. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈent-ə(r)-ˌprīz
1
: a difficult, complicated, or risky project or undertaking
2
: readiness to engage in daring or difficult action
showed great enterprise in the face of danger
3
: a business organization
enterpriser
noun
-ˌprī-zər
Legal Definition
enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈen-tər-ˌprīz
: an economic organization or activity
especially
: a business organization
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