{
    "term": "entrepreneur",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A creative entrepreneur, he was continually dreaming up new projects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a recent MBA graduate and **budding entrepreneur**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a serial entrepreneur who had founded four companies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The risks of starting your own business can be very great, and most budding entrepreneurs find that they have never worked so hard in their lives."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "successful"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː(r)/",
                "audio": "en/entrepreneur/entrepreneur__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr/",
                "audio": "en/entrepreneur/entrepreneur__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (denoting the director of a musical institution): from French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’."
}