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/emˈpɾesa/
Translation
company, business, enterprise
Word origin
From Latin imprehensa ('thing undertaken'), from imprehendere ('to undertake'), from in- plus prehendere ('to grasp, seize'). The same root gives English enterprise and prehensile.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- imprehendere
- English cognates
- enterprise, prehensile, apprehend
Grammar
Examples
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She works at a big car company.
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The company closed down after twenty years.
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It is a well-known family business.
Fundaron .
They founded the company in a small garage ten years ago.
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The company is hiring more engineers this month.
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