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entrepreneurship
noun
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The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
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quality of being an entrepreneur
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
small
Adjective
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Small means little, not big. The number of inches or centimetres from one end of it to the other end is not many.
A mouse is a small animal. A baby mouse is very small.
medium
Adjective
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A medium amount is an amount that is not small and not large, but in the middle.
Would you like a small, medium or large drink?
medium
Noun
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A medium is stuff that something moves through.
Light can go through different media: air, water, glass.
Sound waves slow down when they go through this kind of medium.
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A medium is a person who hears ideas that come from people who are dead.
We all closed our eyes, and the medium said "I hear your father speaking."
I don't believe those mediums can really hear anything.
size
Noun
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How big or small a thing is.
These shirts come in four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.
size
Verb
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To measure the size of.
They sized him for a new suit. His shoulders measured 25 inches across.
enterprise
Noun
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An enterprise is a business or company.
The enterprise grew every year and now earns millions.
development
Noun
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growth
The development of this story has been slow.
The organism has reached an important part in its development.
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Something which has developed
Our news team brings you the latest developments.
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A real estate development.
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Using new ideas for practical problems.
Our development department has created three new adhesives this year.
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The active placement of the pieces, or the process of doing it
White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.
programme
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noun
(= program)
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
the program required several hundred lines of code
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noun
(= program)
an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
you can't tell the players without a program
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noun
(= program)
a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
he proposed an elaborate program of public works
working mothers rely on the day care program
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noun
(= program)
a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
the program lasted more than two hours
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verb
(= program)
write a computer program
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verb
(= program)
arrange a program of or for
program the 80th birthday party
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noun
(= plan)
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
they drew up a six-step plan
they discussed plans for a new bond issue
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noun
(= program)
an integrated course of academic studies
he was admitted to a new program at the university
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noun
(= program)
a radio or television show
did you see his program last night?