enter upon an activity or enterprise An autopsy has reportedly been undertaken but the results are not expected for several weeks. — The Guardian (Feb 13, 2012)

1 to agree to be responsible for a job or a project and do itThe court will undertake a serious examination of the case.The most recent survey of rare birds was undertaken in 1991.It is one of the lar [..]

1undertake something to make yourself responsible for something and start doing it to undertake a task/project College professors both teach and undertake research. The company has announced that it w [..]

c. 1200, "to entrap;" c. 1300, "to set about (to do)," from under + take (v.). Similar formation in French entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among&qu [..]

/ˌʌndɚˈteɪk/ verb undertakes; undertook /-ˈtʊk/ ; /ˌʌndɚˈtʊk/; undertaken /-ˈteɪkən/ ; /ˌʌndɚˈteɪkən/; undertaking undertake /ˌʌndɚˈteɪk/ verb undertakes; undertook /-ˈtʊk/ ; /ˌʌndɚˈtʊk/; undertaken / [..]

enter upon an activity or enterprise accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the pri [..]

affirm, declare undigne

Definition verb

(v) enter upon an activity or enterprise(v) accept as a challenge(v) promise to do or accomplish(v) enter into a contractual arrangement(v) accept as a charge

To promise, in the course of legal proceedings, to do or refrain from doing an act. An undertaking is enforceable by attachment or like an injunction.