Results for undertake

Definitions of undertake:

part of speech: past participle

Undertaken.

part of speech: verb

To engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to take upon one's self; to stand bound; to promise.

part of speech: present participle

Undertaking.

part of speech: verb transitive

To take under one's management: to take upon one's self: to attempt.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To promise.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take upon one's self: to be bound.

part of speech: verb transitive

To take upon oneself; assume as a duty or responsibility; attempt or try; promise.

part of speech: past tense

Undertook.

Usage examples for undertake:

• It is easy for the young to undertake hard things: they never know how hard they are. "Gilbert Keith Chesterton", Maisie Ward

• I'm fixed to undertake anything. "Police!!!", Robert W. Chambers

• Second, Not to undertake things beyond his strength, nor to row against the stream. "Studies in Literature", John Morley

• As the letter drew to a close, Ruth begged her friends to write every day and not undertake any important work until she came home. "The Blue Birds' Winter Nest", Lillian Elizabeth Roy