- [countable] a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult synonym venture
- He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking.
- In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking.
- the first joint undertaking of the two societies
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- large
- …
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [countable] (formal) an agreement or a promise to do something
- undertaking (to do something) a government undertaking to spend more on education
- undertaking (that…) The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1- The factory failed to honour its undertaking to stop dumping waste into the local river.
- Neither side had honoured its undertaking to end the conflict.
- He gave an undertaking that he would not interfere again.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- solemn
- express
- irrevocable
- …
- give (somebody)
- make
- seek
- …
- /ˈʌndəteɪkɪŋ//ˈʌndərteɪkɪŋ/[uncountable] the business of an undertaker
Check pronunciation:
undertaking