undertake

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
2. (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
3. (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
6. (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.
7. (obsolete) To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
8. (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.
9. (obsolete) To have or take charge of.

Noun

The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.

Opposite of

overtake

Synonyms

accept

🉑

begin

attempt

guarantee

take on

pledge

contract

bear

🐻

assume

start

take up

promise

set about

take

tackle

commence

assure

vow

take over

embark

carry

enter upon

initiate

follow

institute

perform

embark on

do

open

pass

give one’s word

wage

warrant

commit oneself

commit

get down

agree

venture

take charge of

stem

receive

set out

execute

engage

shoulder

make up

apply

handle

deal with

take in charge

Translations

entreprendre

intraprendere

emprender

unternehmen

ondernemen

empreender

emprendre

αναλαμβάνω

promitto

übernehmen

assumer

adeo

شرع

garantir

تعهد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌndəˈteɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: undertaken

In summary

From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).