Undertake

Word UNDERTAKE
Character 9
Hyphenation un der take
Pronunciations /ʌndəˈteɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Undertake"

What do we mean by undertake?

To deliberately begin to do (something). intransitive verb

To pledge or commit oneself (to do something). intransitive verb

To promise or guarantee. intransitive verb

To make oneself responsible. Used with for. intransitive verb

To take on one's self; often, to take formally or expressly on one's self; lay one's self under obligations or enter into stipulations to perform or execute; pledge one's self to.

To engage in; enter upon; take in hand; begin to perform; set about; attempt; essay.

To warrant; answer for; guarantee; affirm: especially with a following clause.

To take in; hear; understand; have knowledge of. To assume, as a character.

To engage with; have to do with; attack.

To have the charge of.

Synonyms and Essay, Endeavor, etc. See attempt.

To take up or assume any business, responsibility, or venture.

To promise; be bound; warrant; answer for something; guarantee.

Specifically To manage funerals, and arrange all the details for burying the dead.

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. transitive verb

Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. transitive verb

Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. transitive verb

To assume, as a character. transitive verb

To engage with; to attack. transitive verb

To have knowledge of; to hear. transitive verb

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

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

To overtake on the wrong side.

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

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

To assume, as a character; to take on.

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

To have knowledge of; to hear.

To have or take charge of.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Undertake

The word "undertake" in example sentences

Because the journey I am asking readers to undertake is emotional and troubling, I knew I wanted a strong narrative pull, a mystery that would add urgency to their reading. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With no goal in sight any effort we undertake is worthless. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One visit I have planned and can now undertake is to the ruins of Monte Alban - The White Mountain - in Oaxaca State still further to the South. ❋ Beth (2007)

Nice pictures from space -- I hope that the science they undertake is as good as their imagery -- go slow, guys. ❋ Michael Evans (2004)

Much of what we undertake is what we call "pre-competitive research." ❋ Unknown (1991)

One project that business could undertake is the perpetual endowment of, say, 100 chairs in Canadian universities devoted to studies which promote and foster better understanding between Canadians, or between Canadians and the peoples of other countries. ❋ Unknown (1963)

They have not in any way nullified the effectiveness or the significance of the decisions taken at the London Conference, and subsequently ratified in Paris only this year, but I will say this, that the finest investment in Paris that any nation can undertake is the investment represented by tourists, the free movement of peoples from and to the shores of that nation. ❋ Unknown (1947)

With never a fixed habitation, no sense of the value of money, giving it away to those in need as readily as if it had no value, often enduring privation himself in consequence; with a mode of life so simple that the entire menage was frequently transported elsewhere on slight provocation, this ascetic was now to encounter housekeeping problems, make money, save it (most difficult of all), employ servants, in short undertake in middle-age and in impaired health, duties the nature of which he could not even form an estimate. ❋ Fischer, George A (1905)

Still, after all these years of gender debate, the greatest adventure that women regularly undertake is to deflect a man’s attention from world saving, tiger-wrestling, bad-guy-killing and money making. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So the challenge we have to undertake is to come up with new cover designs for these fantastic books in hopes of garnering for them the readership they deserve. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The commission had been mandated to do only three things, namely undertake a truth-finding exercise, administer amnesty and provide reparations. ❋ Unknown (2003)

To climb Niitaka Yama is to accomplish one of the greatest feats—in other words, undertake the task for carrying out assigned operations. 1208 signifies the 12 month, 8th day, Item time. ❋ ROBERT B. STINNETT (2001)

The most difficult speculation for a science fiction writer to undertake is to imagine correctly the secondary implications of a new factor. ❋ Heinlein, Robert A. (1966)

The only treatment of skin eruptions containing pus which is justifiable for the home folks to undertake is to simply paint them with iodine. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

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