What does Enterprising mean?

Definitions for Enterprising
ˈɛn tərˌpraɪ zɪŋen·ter·pris·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. enterprisingadjective

    marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

    "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far"

Wiktionary

  1. enterprisingadjective

    Displaying bravery and daring in the attempt of some task.

  2. enterprisingadjective

    Being very able and ingenious in business dealings.

ChatGPT

  1. enterprising

    Enterprising refers to showing initiative, creativity and readiness to undertake new projects or ventures. It is often associated with qualities such as leadership, innovative thinking, and the ability to take risks to achieve goals. Being enterprising involves being able to identify opportunities and acting upon them, often displaying resourcefulness and self-motivation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Enterprisingadjective

    having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enterprising in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enterprising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Enterprising in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    I want to ask you, with my heart in my hand, that every time you hear an aggressive or denigrating expression, remember that there, in Mexico, you are the heroes of the country, the brave, the enterprising, the generous, those who dared to cross the border to give their family a better future.

  2. Ellen Pawlikowski:

    We’re taking a more enterprising look at understanding and exploring the capabilities we are going to need in the future, it is not just looking at a next-generation fighter but looking at these issues in the context of leveraging all of the capabilities that can accomplish that.

  3. James Fenimore Cooper:

    A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.

  4. Henry David Thoreau:

    If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

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