undertaking
undertaking is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
- 2.Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
- 3.A promise or pledge; a guarantee. A. Trollope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- activity
- adventure
- anvil
- apprentice
- begin
- beginning
- betake
- break
- broach
- business
- compact
- contract
- determination
- devote
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- enterprise
- execution
- fall
- fire
- first
- foot
- for
- forth
- forward
- hand
- have
- here
- institute
- into
- launch
- lay
- many
- matter
- move
- neck
- oneself
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is undertaking.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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