English-Thai Dictionary
undertake
VI รับภาระ รับผิดชอบ รับหน้าที่ อาสา engage rab-pha-ra
undertake
VI รับรอง รับประกัน warrant guarantee rab-rong
undertake
VI สัญญา ผูกมัด ตนเอง san-ya
undertake
VT สัญญา ผูกมัด ตนเอง promise pledge san-ya
undertaken
VI กริยา ช่อง ที่ 3 ของ undertake kri-ya-chong-ti-3-kong-undertake
undertaken
VT กริยา ช่อง ที่ 3 ของ undertake kri-ya-chong-ti-3-kong-undertake
undertaker
N ผู้รับผิดชอบ ผู้ รับหน้าที่ phu-rab-phid-chop
undertaker
N สัปเหร่อ ผู้จัดการ ศพ mortician funeral director sap-pa-roe
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
UNDERTAKE
v.t. pret.undertook; pp. undertaken. [under and take. ] 1. To engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform. When I undertook this work, I had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors.
2. To covenant or contract to perform or execute. A man undertakes to erect a house, or to make a mile of canal, when he enters into stipulations for that purpose.
3. To attempt; as when a man undertakes what he cannot perform.
4. To assume a character. [Not in use. ]
5. To engage with; to attack.
Your lordship should not undertake every companion you offend. [Not in use. ]
6. To have the charge of.
- Who undertakes you to your end. [Not in use. ]
UNDERTAKE
v.i. 1. To take upon or assume any business or province.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isaiah 38:14.
2. To venture; to hazard. They dare not undertake.
3. To promise; to be bound.
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
To undertake for, to be bound; to become surety for.
UNDERTAKEN
pp. of undertake. The work was undertaken at his own expense.
UNDERTAKER
n. 1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another.
3. One who manages funerals.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
UNDERTAKE
Un `der *take ", v. t. [imp. Undertook; p. p. Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Undertaking. ] Etym: [Under + take. ]
1. 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. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. Milton.
2. 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. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.
3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. And he was not right fat, I undertake. Dryden. And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward.
4. To assume, as a character. [Obs. ] Shak.
5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs. ] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. Shak.
6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs. ] Spenser.
7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs. ] "Who undertakes you to your end. " Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. Chaucer.
UNDERTAKE
UNDERTAKE Un `der *take ", v. i.
1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14.
2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs. ] It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not undertake. Shak.
3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord Titus' innocence in all. Shak.
UNDERTAKER
UNDERTAKER Un `der *tak "er, n.
1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl.
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South.
3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.
New American Oxford Dictionary
undertake
un der take |ˌəndərˈtāk ˌəndərˈteɪk | ▶verb ( past undertook; past participle undertaken ) [ with obj. ] commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility ); take on: a firm of builders undertook the construction work. • [ usu. with infinitive ] promise to do a particular thing: the firm undertook to keep price increases to a minimum. • [ with clause ] guarantee or affirm something; give as a formal pledge: a truck driver implicitly undertakes that he is reasonably skilled as a driver.
undertaker
un der tak er |ˈəndərˌtākər ˈəndərˌteɪkər | ▶noun a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.
Oxford Dictionary
undertake
under |take |ʌndəˈteɪk | ▶verb ( past undertook; past participle undertaken ) [ with obj. ] commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility ); take on: a firm of builders undertook the construction work. • [ usu. with infinitive ] promise to do a particular thing: the firm undertook to keep price increases to a minimum. • [ with clause ] guarantee or affirm something; give as a formal pledge: a lorry driver implicitly undertakes that he is reasonably skilled as a driver.
undertaker
under |taker |ˈʌndəteɪkə | ▶noun a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.
American Oxford Thesaurus
undertake
undertake verb are you ready to undertake this challenge? tackle, take on, assume, shoulder, handle, manage, deal with, be responsible for; engage in, take part in, go about, set about, get down to, come to grips with, embark on; attempt, try, endeavor; informal have a go at; formal essay.
undertaker
undertaker noun in those days, an epidemic of the flu would have the undertaker working around the clock: funeral director, mortician.
Oxford Thesaurus
undertake
undertake verb the team were asked to undertake a further project: tackle, take on, take on oneself, take up, accept, shoulder, handle, assume, manage, deal with, take responsibility for, be responsible for; engage in, become involved in, take part in, participate in, devote oneself to, concentrate on, address oneself to, turn one's hand to, go about, set about, approach, get down to, get to grips with; launch into, enter on, begin, start, embark on, venture on; attempt, try, endeavour; informal get cracking on, have a crack /go /shot /stab at, give something a whirl; formal commence, essay. ANTONYMS neglect, forgo.
undertaker
undertaker noun the undertaker brought the coffin to our house: funeral director; N. Amer. mortician; archaic upholder, blackmaster, cold cook, death-hunter; rare thanatologist.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
undertake
un der take /ʌ̀ndə r téɪk /〖under (下を )take (取る )〗(名 )undertaking 動詞 ～s /-s /; -took /-tʊ́k /, ～n /-téɪk (ə )n /; -taking 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈任務など 〉を引き受ける ;〖～ to do 〗…すると約束する (promise ), … することに同意する (agree )▸ undertake a task 仕事を引き受ける ▸ undertake to pay the debt 借金返済の約束をする 2 〈事 〉を始める , …に乗り出す, 着手する ▸ undertake a big project 一大プロジェクトに着手する ▸ undertake a journey down the Nile ナイル川を下る旅に出る 3 ｟英 ｠〖～ that節 〗…ということを保証する, 断言する ▸ I can undertake that you will like it .あなたは絶対それを気に入ると思いますよ 自動詞 1 ｟古 ｠【仕事などに 】責任をもつ ; « …を » 保証する, 請け合う ;【人の 】保証人になる «for » .2 ｟英話 ｠葬儀屋をする (→undertaker ).
undertaker
un der tak er /ʌ́ndə r tèɪkə r , 2 では -̀--́ -/名詞 C 1 葬儀屋 (｟主に米 ｠funeral director; ｟米 ｠mortician ).2 引き受け人, 請負人 ; 企業家 .
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