Dictionary Definition
undertake
Verb
3 promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free
the prisoners" [syn: guarantee]
4 enter into a contractual arrangement [syn:
contract]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ʌndə'teɪk/
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- Rhymes: -eɪk
Verb
- To start an enterprise; to embark on a specific task.
- He undertook a course of medication.
- To commit oneself to
an obligation
- He undertook to take more exercise in future.
- to overtake on the
wrong side.
- I hate people that try and undertake on the motorway.
Derived terms
Translations
To start an enterprise
- Catalan: emprendre
- Dutch: ondernemen
- Finnish: ryhtyä, ruveta
- French: entreprendre
- Italian: intraprendere
- Japanese: (torikakaru)
- Korean: 맡다 (mat-da)
- Russian: предпринимать
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accept,
accept obligation, agree,
agree to, answer for, approach, assay, assume, attack, attempt, bargain, bargain for, be
answerable for, be responsible for, be security for, begin, bind, buckle to, carry on, certify, chance, commence, commit, compact, conduct, contract, covenant, dive into, do, do a deal, embark in, embark on,
embark upon, employ,
endeavor, engage, engage in, enter on,
enter upon, essay,
exercise, fall into,
fall to, follow, get
busy, get cracking, get going, get under way, get with it, go
about, go at, go bail for, go in for, go into, go to it, go upon,
guarantee, have an
understanding, have at, hop to it, jump to it, launch forth, launch
into, lay about, lift a finger, light into, make a deal, make an
attempt, make an effort, move into, obligate, offer, pass, pitch in, pitch into,
pledge, plunge into,
practice, proceed to,
promise, prosecute, pursue, sail into, seek, set about, set at, set
forward, set going, set to, set to work, shake hands on, specialize
in, stand back of, start,
start in, stipulate,
strive, struggle, swear, tackle, take on, take the vows,
take to, take up, try, turn
to, use, venture, venture on, venture
upon, vow, wade into,
wage, warrant, work
at