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Meaning of undertaking

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

undertaking

Pronunciation:/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

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

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

    Example: He undertook to exercise more in future.

  3. To overtake on the wrong side.

    Example: I hate people who try and undertake on the motorway.

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

noun

Definitions

  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)