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ENTERPRISINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enterprisingness mean?
• ENTERPRISINGNESS (noun)
The noun ENTERPRISINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Familiarity information: ENTERPRISINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
enterprise; enterprisingness; go-ahead; initiative
Hypernyms ("enterprisingness" is a kind of...):
drive (the trait of being highly motivated)
Derivation:
enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)
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