undertake

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
  2. verb accept as a challenge
  3. verb promise to do or accomplish

Etymology

From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).

In classic literature

Synonyms

set about, attempt

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