Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/
noun
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1a formal pledge or promise to do something: I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation
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[mass noun] the action of undertaking to do something: the knowing undertaking of an obligation
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2a task that is taken on; an enterprise: a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face
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a company or business: national transport undertakings
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3 [mass noun] the business of managing funerals.