Undertaking

//ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
  2. 2
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted wordnet
  3. 3
    A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

    "The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong."

  4. 4
    the trade of a funeral director wordnet
  5. 5
    That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

    "He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848."

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  1. 6
    The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of undertake form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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accomplished factaccomplishmentachievementactactaaction

Example

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"The undertaking entailed great expense upon the government."

Etymology

By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.

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