undertaking
Pluralundertakings
Pluralundertakings
- 1A job or project that someone chooses to take on.
Like a big task you choose to take on, even when it will be hard.
Building the new bridge was a huge undertaking.
She knew the rescue would be a difficult undertaking.
Similarventure, enterprise, project, endeavor, pursuit
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- 2A firm promise or guarantee to do something.
Like a promise you really mean to keep.
He gave an undertaking to pay back the money.
The company made an undertaking to keep the road safe.
Similarpromise, pledge, guarantee, commitment, assurance
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- 3Present participle and gerund of undertake. Use it for an action happening now or as the name of doing that action.
The company is undertaking a full review of its safety rules.
Undertaking such a big job takes careful planning.
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- 4The work of arranging funerals and caring for the dead.
Like a family business, but the work is caring for the dead and running funerals.
His family has worked in undertaking for three generations.
She left nursing to train in undertaking.
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- 5The act of taking on a task or making a promise.
The undertaking of such a long journey needs careful planning.
Her undertaking of the new role surprised everyone.
Similarassumption
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undertaking is a form of undertake
undertake, verb: To take on and start a job or task that needs effort and time. Full entry
- Forms
- undertakeundertakes he/she/itundertaking -ing formundertook past tenseundertaken past participle
- Spelling
- undertake → undertaking: drop the e, add -ing
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Origin
From the verb "undertake" plus the ending "-ing".