Entrepreneur Meaning
/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
nounA person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
Sentence Examples
Scott is an entrepreneur with much spirit of enterprise.
Everyone is an entrepreneur.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ launched a successful tech startup from his garage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A successful ____ must be willing to take risks and learn from failures.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread outwards."
— 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 62:
"Chicago, it was, by way of compensation, beginning to take on the cosmopolitan cast of culture that it has worn ever since, as entrepreneur between the Old World and the New."
— 1938, Federal Writers' Project, “Market Place for Words”, in New York Panorama: A Comprehensive View of the Metropolis …, New York: Random House, page 172:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ launched a successful tech startup from his garage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A successful ____ must be willing to take risks and learn from failures.