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undertaking
Overview of noun undertaking
The noun undertaking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) undertaking, project, task, labor -- (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings")
2. undertaking -- (the trade of a funeral director)
Overview of verb undertake
The verb undertake has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (26) undertake, set about, attempt -- (enter upon an activity or enterprise)
2. (2) undertake, tackle, take on -- (accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task")
3. (2) undertake, guarantee -- (promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners")
4. (2) contract, undertake -- (enter into a contractual arrangement)
5. undertake, take in charge -- (accept as a charge)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun undertaking
2 senses of undertaking
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
undertaking
=> trade, craft
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun undertaking
1 of 2 senses of undertaking
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
=> adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking
=> assignment
=> baby
=> enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
=> labor of love, labour of love
=> marathon, endurance contest
=> no-brainer
=> proposition
=> tall order, large order
=> venture
HAS INSTANCE=> Manhattan Project
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun undertaking
2 senses of undertaking
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
Sense 2
undertaking
=> trade, craft
Antonyms of noun undertaking
Member Holonyms of noun undertaking
Substance Holonyms of noun undertaking
Part Holonyms of noun undertaking
Member Meronyms of noun undertaking
Substance Meronyms of noun undertaking
Part Meronyms of noun undertaking
Meronyms of noun undertaking
Holonyms of noun undertaking
Attributes of noun undertaking
Derived Forms of noun undertaking
1 of 2 senses of undertaking
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
RELATED TO>(verb) undertake#1
=> undertake, set about, attempt
Domain of noun undertaking
Domain Terms of noun undertaking
Familiarity of noun undertaking
undertaking used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun undertaking
2 senses of undertaking
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Sense 2
undertaking
> trade, craft
=> airplane mechanics
=> auto mechanics
=> basketry
=> carpentry, woodworking, woodwork
=> drafting, mechanical drawing
=> dressmaking
=> electrical work
=> interior decoration, interior design
=> lumbering
=> masonry
=> oculism
=> painting, house painting
=> papermaking
=> piloting, pilotage
=> plumbing, plumbery
=> pottery
=> pyrotechnics, pyrotechny
=> shoemaking, shoe repairing, cobbling
=> roofing
=> sheet-metal work
=> shingling
=> tailoring
=> tool-and-die work
=> handicraft
=> mintage
=> tanning
=> typography
=> undertaking
=> upholstery
=> winemaking
Meronyms of noun undertaking
2 senses of undertaking
Holonyms of noun undertaking
Grep of noun undertaking
dangerous undertaking
undertaking
Antonyms of verb undertake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb undertake
5 senses of undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
=> initiate, pioneer
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
=> confront, face up, face
=> set about, go about, approach
=> act, move
Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 4
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 5
undertake, take in charge
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb undertake
3 of 5 senses of undertake
Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
=> rise
Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
=> underwrite, subvention, subvent
Sense 4
contract, undertake
=> stipulate
=> sign
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
=> rent, lease
=> rent, hire, charter, lease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb undertake
5 senses of undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
=> initiate, pioneer
Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
=> confront, face up, face
Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
=> promise, assure
Sense 4
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
Sense 5
undertake, take in charge
=> accept, consent, go for
'Cause To' of verb undertake
Derived Forms of verb undertake
1 of 5 senses of undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
RELATED TO>(noun) undertaking#1
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
Domain of verb undertake
Domain Terms of verb undertake
Familiarity of verb undertake
undertake used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb undertake
5 senses of undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 4
contract, undertake
EX: They undertake to move
Sense 5
undertake, take in charge
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb undertake
5 senses of undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
> initiate, pioneer
=> strike up
=> introduce, innovate
=> trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
=> stage, arrange
=> mount
=> undertake, set about, attempt
=> organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
> confront, face up, face
=> undertake, tackle, take on
Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
> promise, assure
=> pledge, plight
=> swear off
=> contract, undertake
=> undertake, guarantee
Sense 4
contract, undertake
> promise, assure
=> pledge, plight
=> swear off
=> contract, undertake
=> undertake, guarantee
Sense 5
undertake, take in charge
> accept, consent, go for
=> give
=> agree
=> settle
=> contract in
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
=> undertake, take in charge
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb undertake
Sense 1
undertake, set about, attempt
=> initiate, pioneer
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Sense 2
undertake, tackle, take on
=> confront, face up, face
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Sense 3
undertake, guarantee
=> promise, assure
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Sense 4
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
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Sense 5
undertake, take in charge
=> accept, consent, go for
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Grep of verb undertake
undertake
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