undertake Synonyms

undertake Meaning

Wordnet

undertake (v)

enter upon an activity or enterprise

accept as a challenge

promise to do or accomplish

enter into a contractual arrangement

accept as a charge

Webster

undertake (v. t.)

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.

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.

Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.

To assume, as a character.

To engage with; to attack.

To have knowledge of; to hear.

To take or have the charge of.

Webster

undertake (v. i.)

To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

To venture; to hazard.

To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.

undertake Sentence Examples

  1. We intend to undertake a comprehensive study of the market conditions.
  2. The government has undertaken to provide clean water to all citizens.
  3. She has undertaken the responsibility of caring for her elderly parents.
  4. The team undertook a dangerous mission to rescue the stranded hikers.
  5. The company has undertaken a major expansion project.
  6. The students undertook a project to build a sustainable community garden.
  7. The scientist undertook an experiment to test the effects of a new drug on mice.
  8. The task force has undertaken an investigation into the cause of the recent accidents.
  9. The architect undertook the design of the new library building.
  10. The charity organization undertook a fundraising campaign to support its mission.

FAQs About the word undertake

enter upon an activity or enterprise, accept as a challenge, promise to do or accomplish, enter into a contractual arrangement, accept as a chargeTo take upon o

assume,accept, shoulder,bear, embrace, take over, adopt,endorse, assent, support

abjure, recant, disavow, abjure, disown,repudiate, disown, refuse, withdraw, spurn

We intend to undertake a comprehensive study of the market conditions.

The government has undertaken to provide clean water to all citizens.

She has undertaken the responsibility of caring for her elderly parents.

The team undertook a dangerous mission to rescue the stranded hikers.