undertake a task

  • 11undertake — [un΄dər tāk′] vt. undertook, undertaken, undertaking [ME undertaken: see UNDER & TAKE] 1. to take upon oneself; agree to do; enter into or upon (a task, journey, etc.) 2. to give a promise or pledge that; contract [he undertook to be their guide] …

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  • 12undertake — 01. The Great Wall of China is the largest construction project ever [undertaken] by man. 02. The Louvre in Paris has [undertaken] to restore some old paintings that were damaged in a fire a couple of hundred years ago. 03. As a soldier in the… …

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  • 13undertake */*/ — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈteɪk] / US [ˌʌndərˈteɪk] verb [transitive] Word forms undertake : present tense I/you/we/they undertake he/she/it undertakes present participle undertaking past tense undertook UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈtʊk] / US [ˌʌndərˈtʊk] past participle… …

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  • 14task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …

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  • 15task — I UK [tɑːsk] / US [tæsk] noun [countable] Word forms task : singular task plural tasks *** something that you have to do, often something that is difficult or unpleasant My first real task was to prepare for the meeting. routine/daily tasks… …

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  • 16Task Force Viking — Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force North (C/JSOTF N), also known as Task Force Viking was the command responsible for the northern front during Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation I (2003 2004). Task Force Viking conducted unconventional… …

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  • 17undertake — [c]/ʌndəˈteɪk / (say unduh tayk) verb (undertook, undertaken, undertaking) –verb (t) 1. to take on oneself (some task, performance, etc.); take in hand; essay; attempt. 2. to take on oneself by formal promise or agreement; lay oneself under… …

  • 18undertake — /un deuhr tayk /, v., undertook, undertaken, undertaking. v.t. 1. to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail. 2. to promise, agree, or obligate oneself (fol. by an infinitive): The …

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  • 19undertake — verb Undertake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑assessment, ↑campaign, ↑conversion, ↑duty, ↑effort, ↑endeavour, ↑enquiry, ↑enterprise, ↑examination, ↑expedition, ↑ …

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  • 20undertake — un•der•take [[t]ˌʌn dərˈteɪk[/t]] v. took, tak•en, tak•ing 1) to take upon oneself, as a task or performance; attempt: He undertook the job of answering the mail[/ex] 2) to obligate oneself (fol. by an infinitive) 3) to warrant or guarantee (fol …

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