undertaken
un-dur-TAY-kuhn/ʌndɚˈteɪkən/UKun-duh-TAY-kuhn/ʌndəˈteɪkən/
- 1Past participle of undertake.
The committee has undertaken a full review of the budget.
Major renovations were undertaken before the building reopened.
Note
The form that follows have and be: a committee has undertaken a review, and repairs were undertaken last spring. Keep it distinct from the simple past undertook, so has undertook is an error. The participle also carries the verb's informal British driving sense, being passed on the curb side by a slower lane's driver: we were undertaken by a van on the motorway.
undertaken is a form of undertake
undertake, verb: To take upon oneself and begin a particular task, project, or responsibility. Full entry
- Forms
- undertakeundertakes he/she/itundertaking -ing formundertook past tenseundertaken past participle
- Spelling
- undertake → undertaken: irregular (no -ed)
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