undertaking
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- 2
To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
“He undertook to exercise more in future.”
- 3
To overtake on the wrong side.
“I hate people who try and undertake on the motorway.”
- 4
To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
- 5
To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
- 6
To assume, as a character; to take on.
- 7
To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
- 8
To have knowledge of; to hear.
- 9
To have or take charge of.
noun
- 1
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals
- 2
A promise or pledge; a guarantee
- 3
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise
- 4
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense)
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