undertaking

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

  2. 2

    To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).

    He undertook to exercise more in future.
  3. 3

    To overtake on the wrong side.

    I hate people who try and undertake on the motorway.
  4. 4

    To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.

  5. 5

    To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

  6. 6

    To assume, as a character; to take on.

  7. 7

    To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.

  8. 8

    To have knowledge of; to hear.

  9. 9

    To have or take charge of.

noun

  1. 1

    The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals

  2. 2

    A promise or pledge; a guarantee

  3. 3

    That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise

  4. 4

    The act of one who undertakes (in either sense)

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