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[ adjective ] marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

Examples

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

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

( An enterprising teacher or parent could start training a healthy child at the age of seven days .

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[ adjective ] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative

Examples

"an aggressive young executive" "a pushful insurance agent" "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"

Related terms

ambitious

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