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undertaking 1 of 2

noun

Definition of undertakingnext
1
as in endeavor

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as in contract

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3
as in initiative

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undertaking

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verb

present participle of undertake
as in accepting
to take to or upon oneself undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own

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Recent Examples of undertaking
Noun
Superintendent Bob Jaszczak said the switch to a new bus company has been a massive undertaking. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Building America’s Largest Home Turning that vision into reality required an enormous undertaking. — Abby Price, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
Also, about a third of the league’s teams are adding new stadiums or undertaking massive renovations to existing stadiums, driving revenue growth. — Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 Behind that diplomatic message, Beijing is undertaking a massive geographic reorganization of its computing infrastructure. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undertaking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaking
  1. endeavor
  2. contract
  3. initiative
  4. accepting
  5. struggle
  6. assurance
  7. enterprise
  8. assuming
Noun
  • Ida’s stillness is shared by the whole film, which seems more confidently rooted than anything in Pawlikowski’s previous endeavors.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lee said the company will carry all the lessons learned to its future satellite-recovery endeavors.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of endeavor
Noun
  • During his tenure, REP1 negotiated billions in player contracts and completed a successful sale of the firm.
    — Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nscale has just won a huge contract to supply computing capacity to Anthropic worth $45 billion over six years.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of contract
Noun
  • This line is increasing sustainable sourcing, minimizing landfill waste, and conserving fresh water, among many initiatives.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • That venue shortage, felt most in south Charlotte and surrounding communities, has prompted an ambitious, $150 million initiative by the nonprofit Charlotte Center for the Arts.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of initiative
Verb
  • Taylor Swift gave an emotional speech while accepting the award for Video of the Year at the MTV VMAs on September 27.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The page includes several posts criticizing Krell for accepting campaign donations and states that Singh will not accept special interest funds of any kind.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of accepting
Noun
  • Through paintings, prints, and installations, Endaya’s work examines the social struggles in her native Philippines, from gender and labor inequality to migration and globalization, to name a few.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But his mom is sharing the family’s struggle as a warning to others.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of struggle
Noun
  • But weighting choices vary by pollster and offer no assurance of accuracy.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The findings, which came from a survey of 10 current workers and 27 former ones who left recently, stated that the safety and mission assurance team had lost half its staff as of July 2026.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • The Navy said the two organizations will create a direct feedback loop between the acquisition enterprise and operational forces.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • By 2028, Gartner predicts that 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024.
    — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of enterprise
Verb
  • Any brand attempting something similar should ask what its equivalent trust signal is—certification, a guarantee, a verifiable specification—before assuming volume of content alone will move a purchase decision.
    — Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • However, the leap from these qualities to assuming, hyperbolically, that AI will become a competitor, even a predatory species ready to eliminate us, is a fantastical step too far.
    — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of assuming

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“Undertaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaking. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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