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    undertaking
    /ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/

    noun

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  3. Undertaking can mean a job, a promise, or an act of passing another vehicle. Learn more about the different meanings and usage of this word with examples and synonyms.

    • Undertake

      to do or begin to do something, especially something that...

  4. Learn the meaning of undertaking as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how undertaking can refer to a project, a business, a pledge, or a security in different contexts.

  5. When you take something on, you've undertaken to actually do it. The word undertaking suggests something that involves quite a bit of work. Organizing an Oxfam hunger-day at your school is a significant undertaking, but it's worth all the effort.

  6. to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult: Students are required to undertake simple experiments. Fewer examples. The bill requires owners to undertake remedial work on dilapidated buildings. This is one of the largest aid projects ever undertaken.

  7. [countable] a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult synonym venture. He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking. In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking. the first joint undertaking of the two societies. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.

  8. Learn the meaning of undertaking as a noun, with synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples. Undertaking can refer to a task, a promise, a business, or a funeral service.

  9. noun. something undertaken; task, venture, or enterprise. an agreement to do something. the business of an undertaker. informal. the practice of overtaking on an inner lane a vehicle which is travelling in an outer lane.