Dictionary Entry
undertake
undertake is a 9-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
- 2transitive verb
Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.
- 3transitive verb
Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
- 4transitive verb
To assume, as a character.
- 5transitive verb
To engage with; to attack.
- 6transitive verb
To have knowledge of; to hear.
- 7transitive verb
To take or have the charge of.
- 8intransitive verb
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
- 9intransitive verb
To venture; to hazard.
- 10intransitive verb
To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
- 11verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
Synonyms
- 12verb
promise to do or accomplish
"guarantee to free the prisoners"
Synonyms
- 13verb
enter upon an activity or enterprise
Synonyms
- 14verb
accept as a charge
- 15verb
accept as a challenge
"I'll tackle this difficult task"
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