undertaking
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
noun
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
noun
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong."
- "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."