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Meanings of enterprising in English

Portuguese
empreendedor

Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects.

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        Usage of enterprising in English
        1
        Wise, as energetic; persevering, as enterprising; brave in reverse, as unassuming in.
        The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
        2
        As the wool trade declined, enterprising men like Law saw an opportunity.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        3
        For a while, fortune appeared to favor the enterprising valor of Tiridates.
        History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
        4
        Some enterprising merchants were selling them food, clean water, and even tents.
        Arcanum Unbounded
        5
        In the Middle Ages men had been less enterprising and less self-conscious.
        The Age of the Reformation
        6
        In India, likewise, the French were too enterprising to be good neighbors.
        A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
        7
        Ireland is a small country with a talented, creative and enterprising people.
        The Irish Times
        8
        The produce of our factories has preceded even our most enterprising travellers.
        On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
        9
        Neither the maggot nor the even more enterprising Moth ever touches it.
        The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
        10
        One enterprising hack used Twitter to identify the Mira from its lamps.
        The Guardian
        11
        The enterprising click of hammer or trowel falls constantly on the ear.
        A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
        12
        The more enterprising organizations of the city had voted to invite him-Mr.
        Babbitt
        13
        Fish, too, in considerable quantities has been introduced by some enterprising speculator.
        Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
        14
        The ambition and good fortune of this enterprising tyrant were alike remarkable.
        A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
        15
        Mr. Younglove is one of the most enterprising and intelligent business men.
        Cleveland Past and Present: Its Representative Men / Comprising ...
        16
        An enterprising octopus has surprised researchers by using coconut shells for shelter.
        Radio NZ
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        Portuguese
        empreendedor
        Enterprising through the time
        Enterprising across language varieties
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