English-Thai Dictionary

undertaking

N การ จัดงาน ศพ  สิ่ง ที่ เกี่ยวข้องกับ พิธีศพ  kan-jad-ngan-sop

 

undertaking

N ข้อผูกพัน  สัญญา  promise pledge ko-puk-pan

 

undertaking

N ภาระหน้าที่  project job effort pa-ra-na-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERTAKING

ppr. Engaging in; taking in hand; beginning to perform; stipulating to execute.

 

UNDERTAKING

n.Any business, work or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. The canal, or the making of the canal, from the Hudson to lake Erie, a distance of almost four hundred miles, was the greatest undertaking of the kind in modern times. The attempt to find a navigable passage to the Pacific round North America, is a hazardous undertaking, and probably useless to navigation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERTAKING

UNDERTAKING Un `der *tak "ing, n.

 

1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.

 

2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

 

3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

 

4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. A. Trollope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

undertaking

un der tak ing |ˈəndərˌtākiNG, ˌəndərˈtā -ˈəndərˌteɪkɪŋ ˌəndərˈteɪkɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a formal pledge or promise to do something: I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation. • a task that is taken on; an enterprise: a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face. • the action of undertaking to do something: the knowing undertaking of an obligation. 2 |ˈəndərˌtākiNG ˈʌndərteɪkɪŋ |the management of funerals as a profession.

 

Oxford Dictionary

undertaking

under |tak ¦ing |ʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a formal pledge or promise to do something: I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation. • [ mass noun ] the action of undertaking to do something: the knowing undertaking of an obligation. 2 a task that is taken on; an enterprise: a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face. • a company or business: national transport undertakings. 3 [ mass noun ] the business of managing funerals.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

undertaking

undertaking noun 1 a risky undertaking: enterprise, venture, project, campaign, scheme, plan, operation, endeavor, effort, task, deed, activity, pursuit, exploit, business, affair, procedure; mission, quest. 2 make an undertaking to comply with the rules: pledge, agreement, promise, oath, covenant, vow, commitment, guarantee, assurance, contract.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

undertaking

undertaking noun 1 why did you get involved in such a risky undertaking? enterprise, venture, project, campaign, scheme, plan, operation, endeavour, effort, task, assignment, charge, activity, pursuit, exploit, job, business, affair, procedure, proceeding, process, transaction; mission, quest, exploration, expedition. 2 all students shall sign an undertaking to comply with the regulations of the university: pledge, agreement, promise, oath, covenant, vow, word, word of honour, solemn word, bond, commitment, guarantee, assurance, warrant, contract, compact.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

undertaking

un der tak ing /ʌ̀ndə r téɪkɪŋ , 4 では -́--̀ -/→undertake 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U (仕事 活動の )引き受け .2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗(引き受けた )仕事, 事業 .3 C ｟かたく ｠ «…する /…という » 約束, 保証 «to do / that 節 » ▸ give an undertaking to do [that …]…する […という ]約束をする 4 U 葬儀 (取り扱い )業 .