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entity | enterprises |

As a noun entity

is that which has a distinct existence as an individual unit often used for organisations which have no physical form.

As a verb enterprises is

(enterprise).

entity

English

(wikipedia entity)

Noun

(entities)
  • That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
  • *
    • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities .
  • An existent something that has the properties of being real, and having a real existence.
  • (computing) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
  • The state or quality of being or existence.
    • The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.
  • * Quotation: The policy of the government of the United States is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity --

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * entitative * entity-relationship model * geopolitical entity * legal entity * nonentity

    Related terms

    * duality * trinity * relationship

    enterprises

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enterprise)

    • Anagrams

    *

    enterprise

    English

    (wikipedia enterprise)

    Alternative forms

    * enterprize (chiefly archaic) * entreprise (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
    • The (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.
    A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
  • An undertaking or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
    • Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.
  • A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
    • He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
  • an active participation in projects

    • Synonyms

    * initiative

    Derived terms

    * enterprising * commercial enterprise * scientific enterprise

    Verb

    (enterpris)
  • To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
  • * Dryden
    • The business must be enterprised this night.
  • * T. Otway
    • What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
  • To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
  • * Spenser
    • Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise .
    (Webster 1913)