UNDERTAKE


Meaning of UNDERTAKE in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.