transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌən-dər-ˈtāk ]
verb
( un·der·took -ˈtu̇k ; un·der·tak·en -ˈtā-kən ; -tak·ing )
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : to take upon oneself : set about : attempt
undertake a task
undertake to learn to swim
2. : to put oneself under obligation to perform ; also : to accept as a charge or responsibility
the lawyer who undertook the case
3. : guarantee , promise
readily undertook that the letter should be securely conveyed — Sir Walter Scott
intransitive verb
archaic : to give surety or assume responsibility