undertaking

8 definitions • 12 examples

a job, business, or piece of work:

The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking.

a formal promise:

[ + that ] formal The manager gave a written undertaking that no one would lose their job.

the act of passing another vehicle that is going in the same direction as you by driving past it on the left side:

Undertaking in itself isn't illegal, but you could face a fixed penalty notice for careless driving.

Undertaking in the inside lane should be avoided wherever possible.

the work of an undertaker (= a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies that are going to be buried or cremated (= burned) and to organize funerals):

His book about his life as a funeral director is called "The Bare Bones of Undertaking".

Undertaking was not her first choice of profession.

an effort to do something, esp. to do a large or difficult job, or the job that is done:

Preparing for the US national census every ten years is a massive undertaking.

a job, task, or piece of work that someone has decided or agreed to do:

a big/enormous/major undertaking This is an enormous and most ambitious undertaking.

a formal promise:

an undertaking to do sth Many banks have given undertakings to lend more.

an undertaking that Both companies gave an undertaking that they will stop discounting.

a business:

IOC is India's largest commercial undertaking.

90% of the investment portfolio comprised investment in the securities of the associated undertakings.