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undertaking

noun
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.

Definitions

  1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

  2. A promise or pledge

    A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

    • Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways.

  3. That which is undertaken

    That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

    • He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

    2. present participle and gerund of undertake

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at undertaking. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01undertaking02guarantee03assurance04confidence05firm06business07enterprise

A definitional loop anchored at undertaking. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at undertaking

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA