Definition of undertake Undertake

/ʌˈndɚtejˌk/ - [underteyk] - un•der•take

We found 23 definitions of undertake from 6 different sources.

What does undertake mean?

WordNet

Verb undertakes, undertaking, undertaken
undertake - promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"
		guarantee
		promise, assure make a promise or commitment
		subvent, subvention, underwrite guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
undertake - enter upon an activity or enterprise
		set about, attempt
		pioneer, initiate open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"
undertake - accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"
		tackle, take on
		face up, confront, face deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
		rise increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
undertake - accept as a charge
		take in charge
		consent, go for, accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
undertake - enter into a contractual arrangement
		contract
		promise, assure make a promise or commitment
		stipulate make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
		sign be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
		stipulate, condition, qualify, specify make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
		lease, rent engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
		charter, hire, lease, rent grant a charter to

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Wiktionary

undertake (Verb)
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on a specific task etc..
undertake (Verb)
To commit oneself to an obligation, activity etc..
undertake (Verb)
To overtake on the wrong side.
undertake (Verb)
To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
undertake (Verb)
To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
undertake (v. t.)
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.
undertake (v. t.)
Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
undertake (v. t.)
To assume, as a character.
undertake (v. t.)
To engage with; to attack.
undertake (v. t.)
To have knowledge of; to hear.
undertake (v. t.)
To take or have the charge of.
undertake (v. i.)
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
undertake (v. i.)
To venture; to hazard.
undertake (v. i.)
To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

undertake
To make a resolution to do something and to begin to do it.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

undertake
un-dėr-tāk′, v.t. to take under one's management: to take upon one's self: to attempt: to answer for, warrant: to take in, understand: to assume, to have charge of.—v.i. to take upon one's self: to be bound: to manage all the arrangements of a burial.—adj. Undertā′kable, capable of being undertaken.—ns. Undertā′ker, one who undertakes, a projector, a contractor: one who is surety or guarantee for another: one who manages funerals: formerly a contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the 'Addled Parliament' of 1614: one of the English and Scotch settlers in Ireland on forfeited lands in the 16th century; Undertā′king, that which is undertaken: any business or project engaged in