undertake

Undertake is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌndə'teɪk/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

Plain form undertake

Third person singular undertakes

Simple past undertook

Past participle undertaken

Present participle undertaking

1. (transitive); (formal) If you undertake something, you take responsibility for doing it and you start to do it.

   He is in charge of this project and has undertaken this work largely single-handed since July.

   After a common two years, some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year.

   Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam.

Related words

• undertaking (noun)
• undertaker