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undertaking
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural undertakings
plural undertakings
Learner's definition of UNDERTAKING
1
[count] : an important or difficult task or project（重大或艰巨的）任务，工程
- The restoration of the old theater is a huge/major/massive undertaking.重建这座老剧院是一项巨大的工程。
- He advised us against such a risky/dangerous undertaking.他建议我们不要做如此冒险/危险的事情。
- a new creative undertaking新的富有创意的工作
2
[noncount] : the business of an undertaker殡葬业；殡仪业
- a career in undertaking殡葬职业
3
[count] British, formal : a promise or agreement to do or not do something承诺；保证
- The newspaper gave an undertaking [=promised] not to disclose his identity.这家报纸承诺不公开他的身份。
undertaking
noun
un·der·tak·ing ˈən-dər-ˌtā-kiŋ 
ˌən-dər-ˈtā-;
sense 1b is only ˈən-dər-ˌtā-
1
a
: the act of one who undertakes or engages in a project or business
b
: the business of an undertaker
Example Sentences
The restoration of the old theater is a huge undertaking. He advised us against such a risky undertaking.
Recent Examples on the Web And then there’s TWBTA’s highest-profile undertaking to date, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. 
Ian Volner, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 In Place Gates’s GERM team may sound like a massive undertaking, perhaps even impossible. Sylvain Gariel, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Currently, there are only two pathways to finance such an undertaking: massive government subsidies or allowing private industry to fund these projects by linking them to oil wells that will produce crude, says CarbonPlan’s Cullenward. Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 Pregnancy is an enormous and risky undertaking, which for many people engenders a new kind of uncertainty and anxiety. Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic, 22 July 2022 Transitioning is such a complicated undertaking -- emotionally, physically, socially, psychologically -- but Haris has met each challenge with grace, patience, and wisdom. CNN, 13 July 2022 Röyksopp assembled another enviable roster of performers to carry out their latest undertaking, including longtime collaborator Susanne Sundfør, as well as newer recruits, like Goldfrapp’s Alison Goldfrapp, Pixx and Astrid S. Bradley Stern, Billboard, 15 June 2022 But the undertaking, which required the caskets be produced in under a week, had its challenges. Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 Comedian Bo Burnham passed time during the pandemic with the undertaking of a grand creative project: writing, filming, directing, editing, and performing his existential musical comedy special Inside. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022 See More
Ian Volner, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 In Place Gates’s GERM team may sound like a massive undertaking, perhaps even impossible. Sylvain Gariel, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Currently, there are only two pathways to finance such an undertaking: massive government subsidies or allowing private industry to fund these projects by linking them to oil wells that will produce crude, says CarbonPlan’s Cullenward. Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 Pregnancy is an enormous and risky undertaking, which for many people engenders a new kind of uncertainty and anxiety. Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic, 22 July 2022 Transitioning is such a complicated undertaking -- emotionally, physically, socially, psychologically -- but Haris has met each challenge with grace, patience, and wisdom. CNN, 13 July 2022 Röyksopp assembled another enviable roster of performers to carry out their latest undertaking, including longtime collaborator Susanne Sundfør, as well as newer recruits, like Goldfrapp’s Alison Goldfrapp, Pixx and Astrid S. Bradley Stern, Billboard, 15 June 2022 But the undertaking, which required the caskets be produced in under a week, had its challenges. Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 Comedian Bo Burnham passed time during the pandemic with the undertaking of a grand creative project: writing, filming, directing, editing, and performing his existential musical comedy special Inside. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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The first known use of undertaking was in the 14th century Phrases Containing undertaking
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