Meaning

4 senses
  1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

    похоро́нное бюро́poxorónnoje bjuró, ритуа́льные услу́гиrituálʹnyje uslúgi, бюро́ ритуа́льных услу́гbjuró rituálʹnyx uslúg

  2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

    обяза́тельствоobjazátelʹstvo, гара́нтияgarántija

  3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

    Unternehmen

    предприя́тиеpredprijátije, мероприя́тиеmeroprijátije, начина́ниеnačinánije

    підприє́мствоpidpryjémstvo, за́хідzáxid, почина́нняpočynánnja

    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

  4. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

Examples

27 sentences
  1. It's a massive undertaking.

    ruЭто гигантское свершение.

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  2. This is a huge undertaking.

    ruЭто громадная работа.

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  3. The undertaking was a failure from the beginning.

    Цей проект з самого початку був помилкою.

    deDas Unternehmen war von Anfang an ein Reinfall.

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  4. His undertaking failed for lack of funds.

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  5. He could not help undertaking the job.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
That which is undertaken:
Русский
By meaning 3
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals:
A promise or pledge; a guarantee:
That which is undertaken:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
That which is undertaken:

Origin

By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.

By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.

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Forms

plural: undertakings
Singularundertaking
Pluralundertakings

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedundertake

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
undertaking — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto