undertaking 1 of 2

noun

Definition of undertakingnext
1
as in endeavor

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2
as in contract

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3
as in initiative

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undertaking

2 of 2

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
But changing a constitutional right is a much bigger undertaking. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Still, an intercity connection covering the Austin–San Antonio corridor would represent a substantially larger and more complex undertaking. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 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
  • Sentara Health, a hospital system in Virginia with more than $14 billion of revenue, recently went through a contract dispute with Anthem, the health plan owned by Elevance Health.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • SeaGuardian is the maritime variant of the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) operated by the USN as part of a Company-Owned, Company-Operated (COCO) contract with GA-ASI supporting an ongoing capability assessment for the 7th Fleet.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of contract
Noun
  • The administration has sought to give patients more control over their own data through initiatives like the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The platform aggregates campaign activity across several channels and initiatives, providing studios with instant visibility into key marketing, promotional, exhibitor, media, and performance metrics through a single interface.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of initiative
Verb
  • Finally, in a twist on the classic Green Lantern oath from the comics, John personalizes the phrase with an emphasis on his newfound accepting of his fear.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But Searchlight hopes the music committee will consider accepting the one Collective in this case.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepting
Noun
  • Both residents and politicians fear the court ruling would tarnish Kosovo's independence struggle.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Evidence at the crime scene led investigators to believe there had likely been a struggle between Feldman and her killer leading up her death, suggesting that Feldman had fought hard.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of struggle
Noun
  • Those governments provide assurances that people won’t be persecuted or tortured, federal attorneys said.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Engineering, assurance and operations can then retain their specialist decisions and stop rights.
    — Mohammed Cherifi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • Many districts, including Miami-Dade, have leased their buildings out to private schools or other education or childcare enterprises.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Allegedly, Lui used his company—a provider of server hardware, including from Nvidia partner Supermicro—to sell enterprise GPUs to buyers in China, even as the US has been blocking such sales to the country.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of enterprise
Verb
  • Skydance will have a mountain of debt, projected to be north of $80 billion, after assuming the debt burdens of previous M&A incurred by Paramount and WBD and raising new debt financing.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In my hypothetical example, his 2026 fortune falls from $908 billion reported by Forbes to about $317 billion in my counterfactual 10 percent wealth tax example (again, assuming his wealth over the past 10 years grew smoothly).
    — Jeff Hoopes, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of assuming

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“Undertaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaking. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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