industry
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Sense: Noun: commercial enterprise
Synonyms:
business Collocations, enterprise Collocations, commercial enterprise, business activity, trade Collocations, trading Collocations, manufacturing Collocations, manufacture Collocations, production Collocations
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Sense: Noun: business as a division of society
Synonyms:
commerce, business Collocations, line Collocations, field Collocations, big business, manufacturers, private enterprise, trade Collocations, enterprise Collocations, the marketplace, the business world
Antonyms:
government Collocations, authority Collocations, state Collocations, unemployment Collocations, inactivity, downturn Collocations, recession Collocations
Sense: Noun: diligence
Synonyms:
diligence Collocations, application Collocations, hard work, work ethic, doggedness, perseverance, zeal, pains, attention Collocations, assiduousness, assiduity, elbow grease, activity Collocations, work Collocations, labor Collocations, labour Collocations , sweat Collocations , hustle Collocations , toil Collocations, productivity
Antonyms:
laziness, sloth Collocations, idleness, indolence, lethargy, apathy, inactivity, hesitation Collocations, ignorance, negligence, lazing around, bumming around, sluggishness, slackness, carelessness