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Enterprise

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Collective 76% connected

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Giant 76% connected

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

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Racket 76% connected

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…

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Broader term 7

Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Endeavor 74% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Endeavor 74% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entrepreneur 74% connected

One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.

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Entrepreneur 74% connected

One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.

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Endeavor 92% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Initiative 92% connected

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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