enterprise: translation
noun
1 plan/project
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ exciting
▪ ambitious, difficult, hazardous
▪ successful
▪ collaborative (esp. AmE), collective, common, cooperative, joint (esp. BrE)
▪ The project is a joint enterprise with the Business School.
▪ criminal
▪ academic, research, scientific
VERB + ENTERPRISE
▪ embark on, start, undertake
▪ They are willing to undertake a new enterprise.
▪ abandon
ENTERPRISE + VERB
▪ fail, succeed
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the enterprise
▪ The team leader will be the most important factor in this difficult enterprise.
2 a business
ADJECTIVE
▪ large, large-scale
▪ small, small-scale
▪ profitable, successful
▪ family, private
▪ government-sponsored (AmE), public, social (esp.BrE), state, state-owned
▪ global, multinational
▪ business, commercial, for-profit (esp. AmE)
▪ the complex organization of a business enterprise
▪ agricultural, economic, farming, industrial, manufacturing
VERB + ENTERPRISE
▪ build, create
▪ control, manage, run
▪ He runs a successful small enterprise.
▪ invest in
▪ privatize
ENTERPRISE + VERB
▪ operate
▪ expand, grow, succeed
▪ fail
PREPOSITION
▪ in an enterprise, within an enterprise
▪ something that affects all the workers in the enterprise
3 development of businesses
ADJECTIVE
▪ free, private
▪ The Act will encourage private enterprise.
▪ local
▪ corporate, individual
VERB + ENTERPRISE
▪ encourage, promote
ENTERPRISE + NOUN
▪ culture (esp. BrE)
▪ The government has promoted the enterprise culture.
4 abilities/imagination
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ I thought she showed great enterprise.
VERB + ENTERPRISE
▪ show
PHRASES
▪ a spirit of enterprise