"undertaking" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/ Audio: En-us-undertaking.ogg Forms: undertakings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} undertaking (plural undertakings)
  1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. Categories (topical): Funeral Translations (The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals): погребално бюро (pogrebalno bjuro) (Bulgarian), 殯儀業 (Chinese Mandarin), 殡仪业 (bìnyíyè) (Chinese Mandarin), γραφείο κηδειών (grafeío kideión) [neuter] (Greek), похоро́нное бюро́ (poxorónnoje bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), ритуа́льные услу́ги (rituálʹnyje uslúgi) [feminine, plural] (Russian), бюро́ ритуа́льных услу́г (bjuró rituálʹnyx uslúg) [neuter] (Russian), funeraria [feminine] (Spanish), begravningsbyrå [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undertaking-en-noun-Qxa0FTth Disambiguation of Funeral: 46 18 11 4 21 Disambiguation of 'The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals': 89 4 6 2
  2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. Translations (A promise or pledge; a guarantee): гаранция (garancija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), поемане на задължение (poemane na zadǎlženie) (Bulgarian), sopimus (Finnish), lupaus (Finnish), garanzia [feminine] (Italian), تضمین (tazmin) (Persian), обяза́тельство (objazátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), гара́нтия (garántija) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-undertaking-en-noun-tCkCH7io Disambiguation of 'A promise or pledge; a guarantee': 3 93 3 1
  3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. Translations (That which is undertaken): ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), прадпрые́мства (pradpryjémstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), мерапрые́мства (mjerapryjémstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), пачына́нне (pačynánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), предприятие (predprijatie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дело (delo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 事業 (Chinese Mandarin), 事业 (shìyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 任務 (Chinese Mandarin), 任务 (rènwu) (Chinese Mandarin), 工作 (gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), firma [neuter] (Danish), virksomhed [common-gender] (Danish), hanke (Finnish), aie (Finnish), entreprise [feminine] (French), Unternehmen [neuter] (German), vállalkozás (Hungarian), susceptus [neuter] (Latin), coeptum [neuter] (Latin), hinonga (Maori), foretak [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), مردهشور (morde-šur) (Persian), گورکن (gurkan) (Persian), Äwanämen [neuter] (Plautdietsch), przedsięwzięcie [neuter] (Polish), antrepryza [archaic, feminine] (Polish), предприя́тие (predprijátije) [masculine] (Russian), мероприя́тие (meroprijátije) [neuter] (Russian), начина́ние (načinánije) [neuter] (Russian), зате́я (zatéja) [feminine] (Russian), emprendimiento [masculine] (Spanish), företag [neuter] (Swedish), підприє́мство (pidpryjémstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), за́хід (záxid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), почина́ння (počynánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), אונטערנעמונג (unternemung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-undertaking-en-noun-weSlOYke Disambiguation of 'That which is undertaken': 3 2 89 6
  4. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense). Translations (The act of one who undertakes): gabháil [masculine] (Irish), przedsięwzięcie [neuter] (Polish), antrepryza [archaic, feminine] (Polish), אונטערנעמונג (unternemung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-undertaking-en-noun-y2k2V5id Disambiguation of 'The act of one who undertakes': 6 4 10 80

Verb

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/ Audio: En-us-undertaking.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} undertaking
  1. present participle and gerund of undertake Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: undertake Categories (topical): Directives, Road transport
    Sense id: en-undertaking-en-verb-DV9E-UXO Disambiguation of Directives: 12 26 14 13 36 Disambiguation of Road transport: 10 20 19 19 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 5 20 17 45

Inflected forms

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          "word": "任務"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "vállalkozás"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "susceptus"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "coeptum"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 89 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "word": "hinonga"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "foretak"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 89 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "morde-šur",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gurkan",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "word": "گورکن"
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Äwanämen"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 89 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przedsięwzięcie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predprijátije",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "предприя́тие"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 89 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "meroprijátije",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мероприя́тие"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "načinánije",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "начина́ние"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zatéja",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "зате́я"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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          "word": "emprendimiento"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "företag"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidpryjémstvo",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "підприє́мство"
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          "roman": "záxid",
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          "word": "за́хід"
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          "roman": "počynánnja",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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          "word": "почина́ння"
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          "roman": "unternemung",
          "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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          "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "antrepryza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 10 80",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "unternemung",
          "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "אונטערנעמונג"
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "sense": "The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "funeraria"
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      "sense": "The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals",
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      "word": "begravningsbyrå"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "garancija",
      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poemane na zadǎlženie",
      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
      "word": "lupaus"
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      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
      "word": "تضمین"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "A promise or pledge; a guarantee",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìyè",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "任務"
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      "roman": "gōngzuò",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "工作"
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      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "word": "virksomhed"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "hanke"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "aie"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "entreprise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Unternehmen"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epikheírēma",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "vállalkozás"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "susceptus"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "coeptum"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "hinonga"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "foretak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morde-šur",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "مردهشور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gurkan",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "word": "گورکن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Äwanämen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przedsięwzięcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "antrepryza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predprijátije",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предприя́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meroprijátije",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мероприя́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "načinánije",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "начина́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatéja",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зате́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emprendimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "företag"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidpryjémstvo",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "підприє́мство"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záxid",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "за́хід"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "počynánnja",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "почина́ння"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "unternemung",
      "sense": "That which is undertaken",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "אונטערנעמונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gabháil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
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      "word": "przedsięwzięcie"
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      "sense": "The act of one who undertakes",
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