# enterprising

Pronunciation: US say "EN-tur-pryz-ing" /ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪzɪŋ/; UK say "EN-tuh-pryz-ing" /ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪzɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Skilled and inventive in handling business dealings or getting ahead in life.
   - Simple: Good at finding clever ways to make money or get ahead.
   - _The enterprising merchant opened three new shops in a single year._
   - _No one was more enterprising when it came to building useful connections._
2. Showing courage and daring in taking on a difficult task.
   - Simple: Brave and bold when trying to do something hard.
   - _The enterprising explorers set out to cross the desert entirely on foot._
   - _Only an enterprising pilot would attempt a landing in weather that bad._

## Noun

3. The undertaking of a venture, or purposeful activity in general; the things a person or group does.
   - Simple: The work of starting and carrying out a plan, or anything people do on purpose.

## Verb

4. Present participle and gerund of enterprise. — present participle and gerund of enterprise
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of enterprise. It is the -ing form of the verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/enterprising (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).