undertake

🇺🇸 /ˌʌndərˈteɪk/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
verb
B2

to take on and start doing a task or responsibility

She will undertake the project management role for our new initiative.

C1

to promise or agree to do something

They undertake to complete the construction by next month.

translation

v. to take on and start doing a task or responsibility; to promise or agree to do something

Word Forms

3rd Present undertakes
Past undertook
Perfect undertaken
Progressive undertaking